Hi there. I am 29 years old and had scoliosis surgery when I was 13. I had herrington rods put in but that is about all I know. I don't know anything about was was fused. Anyway, when I was 15 I broke my rod in a go-cart incident, but didn't relize it was broken until I went back to my surgeon for a check up at age 18. The rod is broken approximately 4 to 5 inches from the base of my neck and the top piece is pointing toward my right side. Does that make sense?
I began having severe, stabbing-like pain about 5 years ago. The pain is around my right shoulder blade and when the pain comes on it is extremely difficult to move my right upper body. Mostly the pain is brought on by bending or twisting in a funny way. I can usually get rid of the pain by relaxing and slowly working the shoulder blade until the pain lets up.
I went to a doctor (not my original surgeon) about the same time the pain first appeared and he took an x-ray, told me the broken rod was not my problem and to continue excersizing. At that point in time I was doing aerobics daily. I was not happy with this message. I want to know "why it hurts" and "how to stop it completely."
Since then, I am no longer able to excersize for fear of my back getting "caught" so to speak. I seems like this pain comes on more frequently, and I am no longer able to "work it out." For instance, two days this week I woke up in severe pain... it even hurt to breath! All I could do was lay flat in bed on my back... and it still hurt, but this was the most comfortable position... I couldn't sit, or stand, or anything.
I go on the 10th of this month for an office visit with my original surgeon, but am trying to do some research on my own beforhand. Has anyone out the had a broken rod, or experienced pain like mine? If so, what was it's cause and what was done about it?
I began having severe, stabbing-like pain about 5 years ago. The pain is around my right shoulder blade and when the pain comes on it is extremely difficult to move my right upper body. Mostly the pain is brought on by bending or twisting in a funny way. I can usually get rid of the pain by relaxing and slowly working the shoulder blade until the pain lets up.
I went to a doctor (not my original surgeon) about the same time the pain first appeared and he took an x-ray, told me the broken rod was not my problem and to continue excersizing. At that point in time I was doing aerobics daily. I was not happy with this message. I want to know "why it hurts" and "how to stop it completely."
Since then, I am no longer able to excersize for fear of my back getting "caught" so to speak. I seems like this pain comes on more frequently, and I am no longer able to "work it out." For instance, two days this week I woke up in severe pain... it even hurt to breath! All I could do was lay flat in bed on my back... and it still hurt, but this was the most comfortable position... I couldn't sit, or stand, or anything.
I go on the 10th of this month for an office visit with my original surgeon, but am trying to do some research on my own beforhand. Has anyone out the had a broken rod, or experienced pain like mine? If so, what was it's cause and what was done about it?
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