Hi, this is @gailb and I have been on the chronic pain Connect site as well as the Bone and Joint site before. I too have scoliosis that was diagnosed when I was about 5 years old. For several years as a child I had to wear leg braces to past my knees to straighten my feet and I suppose my back. Now that I'm approaching 69, my scoliosis has gottn worse and is noticeable. I had a laminectomy in December, 2016 due to my L5-S1 impinging on my spinal cord. The relief of my excruciating pain was immediate. I still had not quite excruciating pain on my right side, but that would require rods and pins so I have been doing everything I can to avoid that surgery on my L4 -L5. I stopped taking Gabapentin in March and amazingly my pain was somewhat less. I didn't like that med due to memory loss and feeling goofy all the time. I'll write more later, but I am very interested in this site for scoliosis. I called the Mayo Regenerative group to find out more about stem cell therapy since I'm considering it. They were supposed to call me back but still haven't called several days later. I see the stem cell providef for an evaluation tomorrow. I'll let you know what I find out.

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