Hi everyone,
I'm new to the site.
I've just been referred to SCSF spine center for treatment. It looks as though I'm a candidate for fusion.
Scoliosis didn't bother me for many, many years. I stopped getting it checked because it seemed like a waste of resources. The last xray I had was in 1986.
When I started to get pain, I was very stoic. I thought I could handle it myself and reach recovery through acupuncture and yoga...if I could just stretch this muscle here, move my shoulder back like this...I wasn't until I was desperate enough to see a chiropractor that I found out the extent of my problem. He was the one who found I have a rib that came out of place. We've been popping it back in every three weeks, but it doesn't stay. It seems like the ligament has given way and there's nothing holding it to the spine anymore.
This rib is the one on the apex of my T4 curve. I imagine mechanical stress caused it to come loose.
Has anyone else had this? This rib is colliding with other ribs, and pushing my scapula around. The scapula pushes my clavicle around, and my neck is certainly sore from all off this pushing. My dominant, right hand/arm is becoming more and more useless.
I have to be careful about OTC pain meds, I had to use them when I had an industrial injury and my left femur was pulled out of the hip socket. After awhile I had developed sensitivites to them. I can take acetiminophen, but carefully becasue of the liver damage it can cause. I can take asprin, but try to stay away because of the stomach problems. I think my scoliosis has ruined my digestion besides. I take homeopathic remedies and get relief, but that's not going to fix my rib.
What can I expect when I get in at UCSF? Fusion surgery? Or will they take my rib? Both?
What craziness!
Anna Hallquist
I'm new to the site.
I've just been referred to SCSF spine center for treatment. It looks as though I'm a candidate for fusion.
Scoliosis didn't bother me for many, many years. I stopped getting it checked because it seemed like a waste of resources. The last xray I had was in 1986.
When I started to get pain, I was very stoic. I thought I could handle it myself and reach recovery through acupuncture and yoga...if I could just stretch this muscle here, move my shoulder back like this...I wasn't until I was desperate enough to see a chiropractor that I found out the extent of my problem. He was the one who found I have a rib that came out of place. We've been popping it back in every three weeks, but it doesn't stay. It seems like the ligament has given way and there's nothing holding it to the spine anymore.
This rib is the one on the apex of my T4 curve. I imagine mechanical stress caused it to come loose.
Has anyone else had this? This rib is colliding with other ribs, and pushing my scapula around. The scapula pushes my clavicle around, and my neck is certainly sore from all off this pushing. My dominant, right hand/arm is becoming more and more useless.
I have to be careful about OTC pain meds, I had to use them when I had an industrial injury and my left femur was pulled out of the hip socket. After awhile I had developed sensitivites to them. I can take acetiminophen, but carefully becasue of the liver damage it can cause. I can take asprin, but try to stay away because of the stomach problems. I think my scoliosis has ruined my digestion besides. I take homeopathic remedies and get relief, but that's not going to fix my rib.
What can I expect when I get in at UCSF? Fusion surgery? Or will they take my rib? Both?
What craziness!
Anna Hallquist
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