Thanks, Linda and Jess. I see my neurosurgeon tomorrow morning!!! I did see a spot on my previous x-ray that looked fuzzy like the second photo, so maybe that is the degeneration. I will certainly ask about it tomorrow. I have so many questions for him - like why I am stiff after lying in bed if I have a sick day-- I can't even bend over to tie shoes for the next two days. Anyway, tomorrow will be telling! I will certainly ask about an MRI. Thanks, again.
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hi daily
hmmmm...do you have an orthopedic guy who specializes in scoli...? i wouldnt trust a neurosurgeon person without having an ortho guy...? that's just my opinion...but did your neuro guy ever refer you to a scoli surgeon? even just for consult?
hope you feel better and get some good answers at the doctor's tomorrow...
jess
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Yes, Jess, he's an SRS neurosurgeon, head of the spine dep't, did his special study in scoliosis. I see now that he is also an orthopedic surgeon. I do feel I'm in good hands. This is him: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu.../cshaffrey.cfm
My Mom AND Dad are both coming, for support and education!
Thanks so much for your support. I am planning on maybe doing a thread on it. ChristinaLast edited by dailystrength; 05-05-2010, 09:10 PM.34L at diagnosis; Boston Brace 1979
Current: 50L, 28T
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Christina,
I have a consult tomorrow also for x-rays and updates. Can't wait to hear your news and I will report in mine....Amy
58 yrs old, diagnosed at 31, never braced
Measured T-64, L-65 in 2009
Measured T-57, L-56 in 2010, different doc
2 lumbar levels spondylolisthesis
Exercising to correct
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In severe degeneration, you can hardly see any disc material at all. And, unfortunately, it's not uncommon to see that in people with scoliosis.
--Linda
Worst, if course, is the collapsing blocks effect, curved but something more. As if a child had built a tower and just knocked it down from the side/middle. They appear to be falling.
Was just examining my recent lumbar close ups from the HSS and I don't think I can take any more. Wish I could post them, but I don't know how to upload pix. What I really need is a barfy smilie - the kind that ralfs in motion.Not all diagnosed (still having tests and consults) but so far:
Ehler-Danlos (hyper-mobility) syndrome, 69 - somehow,
main curve L Cobb 60, compensating T curve ~ 30
Flat back, marked lumbar kyphosis (grade?) Spondilolisthesis - everyone gives this a different grade too. Cervical stenosis op'd 3-07, minimally invasive
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