Hello,
I am fairly new here, I am 29 years old and have a a 40 degree curve in my upper back and approx. 47 degree curve in my lumbar area, which has cause a herniated disk and sciatica. I also have a fractured vertebrae in my lumber (L3 I think), and when my new dr. had an MRI done last week, he told me that one of the vertebrae in my lumbar area has shifted backwards.
I am now all of a sudden having severe pain in my upper back, just underneath my right shoulder blade, which I can only assume is caused by the curve at the top of my back. I have seen a neurologist as well as an orthopedic surgeon, the O.S. is my new dr. now and I feel very comfortable with him; next week I have an epidural spinal scheduled, but I expect to probably have the rod surgery within the next 8 months or so.
I am wondering about so many things, any info that you have would be helpful to me, I have been reading around this forum and have learned some things. I know that the surgery doesn't work for everyone, some people end up worse off, and that's what really scares me.
On top of it all, I have a 20 month old son so this will be hard on all of us if I end up with this surgery. I am wondering if anyone else out there has had this kind of surgery at a young age such as 30-ish, and any tips or advice is much appreciated.
Thank you for reading/listening. =)
Ryanne
I am fairly new here, I am 29 years old and have a a 40 degree curve in my upper back and approx. 47 degree curve in my lumbar area, which has cause a herniated disk and sciatica. I also have a fractured vertebrae in my lumber (L3 I think), and when my new dr. had an MRI done last week, he told me that one of the vertebrae in my lumbar area has shifted backwards.
I am now all of a sudden having severe pain in my upper back, just underneath my right shoulder blade, which I can only assume is caused by the curve at the top of my back. I have seen a neurologist as well as an orthopedic surgeon, the O.S. is my new dr. now and I feel very comfortable with him; next week I have an epidural spinal scheduled, but I expect to probably have the rod surgery within the next 8 months or so.
I am wondering about so many things, any info that you have would be helpful to me, I have been reading around this forum and have learned some things. I know that the surgery doesn't work for everyone, some people end up worse off, and that's what really scares me.
On top of it all, I have a 20 month old son so this will be hard on all of us if I end up with this surgery. I am wondering if anyone else out there has had this kind of surgery at a young age such as 30-ish, and any tips or advice is much appreciated.
Thank you for reading/listening. =)
Ryanne
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