back pain at 43, 29 years after Harrington Rod & Fusion

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Hi, I'm new, too. Questions I have may have been answered before,

but I'm a bit overwhelmed in the checking.

I have 3 daughters with scoliosis, 2 in Providence braces at night.

Today I was at the doctor's office with them, so I asked whether

there was anyone who dealt with us Harrington Rod patients of

yesteryear. When I told him of my pain he gave me a name and said a

lot of patients have problems with pain from the Harrington Rod.

Unfortunately the name he gave me had some bad associations due to a

friend's disasterous surgical encounter.

So I am wondering if there are diagnosis or solutions to lower back

problems. I have only 3 working vertebrae at the bottom. A few

years after my surgery I had a problem with pain after an aerobics

class which the doc said was pulled ligaments. Ice and anti-

inflammatories to treat. Through the years I didn't have too much

trouble with this, but it seems like around 40 years old the episodes

of searing pain upon certain movements, and then days of extreme

radiating pain down my leg and up my back on the right side, began to

occur more frequently.

Does this sound like it is arthritis, disc? Anyone have a clue?

Thanks,

Diane