I have been following the forum for the last two months since we found out that our daughter has scoliosis. As others have said, I feel so guilty over not seeing this happen to my beautiful daughter. Megan is 13 and her scoliosis was detected at a school screening in January. At the end of sixth grade, she had also been tagged as possibly having scoliosis, but when we saw the pediatrician, she said there was nothing to be concerned about. We should have seen an orthopedic then, but now our options are limited.
We saw one specialist and greatly disliked him--explained nothing, no bedside manner, ignored Megan. The next day I searched for another doctor and found Timothy Oswald off of the SRS site. He was also recommended by a friend who works for a different pediatrician. It took another month to get in to see him, and his prognosis was devastating. He immediately recommended surgery. Megan has a 44 degree thoracolumbar curve and a secondary thoracic curve. Dr. Oswald did not have any openings until August, but he felt so strongly that it would be too risky to wait that he had his calendar cleared. We are scheduled for April 28th.
I have shared this news with all of friends and family, and I just keep getting people questioning our decision. My husband feels confident, but I am so afraid. When we went for bending x-rays on Monday, the doctor told us that he feels fairly certain he may have to fuse to L4 which limit Megan's mobility. I keep reading, but I just feel more lost. I don't want to wait and have the surgery be more extensive than it already is, but I feel like all of the other options (bracing, therapy, etc.) are not an option due to the extent of her curvature already. Please help. I feel so confused.
We saw one specialist and greatly disliked him--explained nothing, no bedside manner, ignored Megan. The next day I searched for another doctor and found Timothy Oswald off of the SRS site. He was also recommended by a friend who works for a different pediatrician. It took another month to get in to see him, and his prognosis was devastating. He immediately recommended surgery. Megan has a 44 degree thoracolumbar curve and a secondary thoracic curve. Dr. Oswald did not have any openings until August, but he felt so strongly that it would be too risky to wait that he had his calendar cleared. We are scheduled for April 28th.
I have shared this news with all of friends and family, and I just keep getting people questioning our decision. My husband feels confident, but I am so afraid. When we went for bending x-rays on Monday, the doctor told us that he feels fairly certain he may have to fuse to L4 which limit Megan's mobility. I keep reading, but I just feel more lost. I don't want to wait and have the surgery be more extensive than it already is, but I feel like all of the other options (bracing, therapy, etc.) are not an option due to the extent of her curvature already. Please help. I feel so confused.
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