Guest guest Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 My name is Ann C and I was diagnosed with scoliosis about 15 years ago. I am currently 71 and under the care of Dr. Francis Shen at University of Virginia hospital. He has told me that I may be a candidate for surgery, but that further tests will need to be done to determine just what can be done surgically to alleviate some of my pain and partially correct my curves. Part of my diagnosis is flatback. This is not due to any previous surgery. I remember being told by an Air Force doctor that I had flat back and I was told this when I was 17. I had no idea what this meant and no treatment or other information was given to me. He didn't mention any other deformity such as scoliosis at the time. I have found this group through my reading of the book, Scoliosis Surgery by Wolpert. It has been very informative and has answered a lot of questions about what I might be facing if I should decide to have the surgery. I'm wondering if there are any others who have had similar surgery at my age? I am in pretty good health other than this, and my curves seems to be progressing pretty fast. I can envision myself being unable to function within the next year or two. I will be going back and reading your previous posts as I go. Thanks for letting me join. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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