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@vikkitennis

Please reply to the Group with the results after the scoliosis surgery. I have a curvature as well, a 20%, had a Abbott Eterna Stimulator implanted February 2023. The stimulator isn't performing as I intended it would, and the trial was successful. This occurs to many of us: Trial works, yet the SCS, no. The doctor was not with Mayo.
I am 69, extremely active, and am nervous as the curvature is becoming worse. I saw Dr. McClendon eight years ago, and after the fusion with L5-S1 at UCSF in 2014, he was perplexed what to do. As it is, a Mayo neurologist prescribed Cymbalta, which added nothing; and I am at PT, doing the exercises religiously.

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Replies to "Please reply to the Group with the results after the scoliosis surgery. I have a curvature..."

I’m 78 with a 52 degree curvature, still functional but the future scares me. I’ve been doing at home PT for years to try to prevent further curvature.
Wish you well.
PC