I'm 16 and have been having monitoring for my scoliosis over the past two years, and it's slowly been getting to the point where surgery will probably be necessary. I had an MRI scan just to make sure everything's in working order -- and was later told that I also have a borderline chiari malformation type I and a small syrinx. Obviously, this complicates surgery and I'll probably have to have the decompression operation before spinal fusion, which is all pretty terrifying! I was really just wondering if anybody had any further information about the relationship between Chiari/syrinx and scoliosis? (I've been told that there is some connection, but we don't know much about it.)
Also, something that I've noticed for a while is that the whole left side of my body is bigger than the right. At first I thought it was just me, then I thought it was part of my scoliosis, and now I'm just hoping it's not something more to worry about. My shoulders and hips are displaced as is normal with scoli, but also my left foot is bigger than my right, my left calf is 2cm fatter than my right (yes I measured :P), my left breast is quite a lot bigger than the right, and my left ear is about a centimetre bigger than my right. I haven't looked for anything else but I'm sure there are lots more discrepancies. Also when I swim, I drift off to one side and use one foot more than the other, and when I was a baby and started to crawl, I only used one leg for a while.
Maybe this is just silly teenage paranoia or a normal part of scoliosis, but I'm slightly concerned that there's something else going on with my spine. Could anybody suggest anywhere for me to research? Or anything I should be doing? Obviously, I'll bring this up with my consultant next time I see him.
Thank you!
Also, something that I've noticed for a while is that the whole left side of my body is bigger than the right. At first I thought it was just me, then I thought it was part of my scoliosis, and now I'm just hoping it's not something more to worry about. My shoulders and hips are displaced as is normal with scoli, but also my left foot is bigger than my right, my left calf is 2cm fatter than my right (yes I measured :P), my left breast is quite a lot bigger than the right, and my left ear is about a centimetre bigger than my right. I haven't looked for anything else but I'm sure there are lots more discrepancies. Also when I swim, I drift off to one side and use one foot more than the other, and when I was a baby and started to crawl, I only used one leg for a while.
Maybe this is just silly teenage paranoia or a normal part of scoliosis, but I'm slightly concerned that there's something else going on with my spine. Could anybody suggest anywhere for me to research? Or anything I should be doing? Obviously, I'll bring this up with my consultant next time I see him.
Thank you!
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