Carebear, don't know if your still here but if I'm reading your post right have you really gone from 5'10'' to 5'4'' in 11 yrs? I know people can lose height with scoliosis but that seems extreme.
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I don't that's extreme at all. I lost 3 inches in the last 5 years and I got them all back after surgery.
I was 5'8 to begin with, lost 3 inches and 'shrunk" to 5'5 and when they measured me after surgery, I was once agin 5'8. I didn't gain additional inches but I gained back all that I had lost due to my curve.36 year old single mom of teens ages 14 & 15.
Anterior/posterior spinal fusion on February 9th & 16th 2006 with Dr. Anthony Moreno who now has his own practice.
Fused from T-3 to S-1 (sacrum)
Curve pre-op = 70 degrees
Curve post op = 20 degrees
No pain anymore!!
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I have to agree with Kat. I was 5'5 now I am a dwarf at 5'2.Brandi
Congenital Scoliosis, 58* lumbar curve
Combined Anterior/Posterior Spinal Fusion w/Laminectomy May 22, 2006
L1-S1
Dr. William Lauerman
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy @ L3, Posterior Spinal Fusion L2-L4, rod removal with re-instrumentation T10-S1 and Laminectomy February 5, 2009 to correct flatback
http://brandi816.wordpress.com/
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UKman,
If you think about it, it makes sense that the higher the cobb angle the more you shrenk in height. Take a noodle (cooked) and lay out strieght, then make it curve like scoli. It now has become shorter, even though the same amount of noodle is thereSandyC
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losing height
I would agree that losing 3 or more inches in height seems extreme. I've lost maybe 1/2 inch in height, but then again, my 2 curves are in the 30 degree range; there are many around this group that have 3-4 times that much curvature.28 degrees cervicothoracic, 34 degrees thoracolumbar, not diagnosed until age 34. Get yourself and your children screened early!
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