WELL I'V READ ALL THE POSTS ON SCOLIOSIS. i HAD HARRINGTON ROD SURGERY AT AGE 20,(1978) WORE THE MILWAUKEE BRACE FOR TWO YEARS WHEN I WAS 16 TO 18. REALLY STARTED HAVING PAIN IN THE LAST 7 YEARS. OH, HAD THE ROD REMOVED IN 1978 BECAUSE IT WAS PAINFUL WHEN I RAISED MY LEFT ARM. IT MUST HAVE BEEN RUBBING OVER SOMETHING. I ALSO HAVE FIBROMYALGIA AND OSTEOPENIA. I HAVE A BACKWARD "S" SHAPED CURVE. MY CURVES HAVE GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. I WENT FROM 45 THORACIC AND 34 LUMBAR. THEY ONLY OPERATED ON THE TOP CURVE AND GOT IT DOWN TO 28 DEGREES. NOW I'M 51 AND IN MUCH PAIN WITH 59 AND 51 DEGREE CURVES. IN THE MIDDLE OF MY FUSION WHICH IS 7 VERTEBRAE, THERE HAS BEEN A CLEAN BREAK IN TWO PIECES AND THE THE TOP OF THAT FUSION HAS SLIPPED OFF ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE BOTTOM. IT LEAVES A LEDGE EFFECT RIGHT WHEN THE BOTTOM CURVE IS TURNING INTO THE TOP CURVE. i WOULD LIKE TO FIND A DOCTOR THAT COULD REPAIR THIS. I WAS INTERESTED IN THE DOCTOR IN TEXAS THAT DID SURGERY ON ONE OF THE BLOGGERS THAT ENDS WITH 1317. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS HONEYBABY232@AOL.COM IF U CARE TO SEND THE NAME.
BELIEVE ME I KNOW HOW THE REST OF U FEEL. IT IS A VERY DEBILITATING DISEASE.
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