Re:Making the surgery decision

January 12, 2008

,

Your curves 33/23 at 33 years of age make me skeptical of encouraging you to

undergo surgery. I am NOT discounting your pain but I wonder if other

things might be involved. It seems to me if the degrees are accurate (from a

scoliosis specialist, not an ortho dr) you would not statistically be in line

for

further progression of the curve thereby making surgery an extremely

unnecessary risk. Surgery as an adult is regarded as a last resort by most

reputable scoliosis surgeons ranking it the worse surgery one can undergo (yes,

worse

than open-heart). Please don't take this as criticism of you personally,

but something doesn't add up to indicate such drastic matters as spinal a/p

fusion. Have you gotten a second and third opinion from experts in the field?

If not, I'd strongly advise you to pursue it.

Jolene

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January 13, 2008

,

What treatments have you undergone previously for your

scoliosis? You probably posted these already, but

refresh my memory please. Have the curves progressed

from what they were when you were younger or were they

just recently diagnosed? Some curves remain stable (or

relatively stable with a change in degree or two over

the years) & don't require any further treatment.

Also, what treatments & diagnostics have you recently

undergone? MRI, xray, etc. ~Moonbeam

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