Has anyone had scoliosis surgery?

You're a trooper! Praying that your recovery goes well! Take care of yourself and get plenty of rest. I had my procedure as a teen and it was still a major recovery process. I know that in the meantime there's a lot of uncertainty that comes with that - sometimes it's an emotional roller coaster! Everyone's timeline is going to look different, too. Don't be discouraged, though. I didn't know what to think when my restrictions were suddenly lifted at 6 weeks and I didn't FEEL less stiff than I had the week before, but I started feeling much more normal a little later after I started carefully doing my normal activities again. Pain went away before the stiffness did, though. It was a gradual and unpredictable process. One of the milestones for me was after about 2 weeks when my sleep started to really improve. If you've got a TV or at least a phone where you can pull up something good on YouTube, that might help by taking your mind off the pain; I have fond memories of sitting there watching a short sitcom and eating blueberry muffins - or when I was tired, just lying in bed and listening to it. Do you know if you got any taller? That was one of the fun parts for me about coming home, for my brother to see that I'd gained on him! 😀 Hang in there, champ. Hope you feel better soon.

I had my scoliosis surgery on 9/28/23 stayed in ICU for two days hah to have 4 pints of blood and 3 drains in my back .and I stayed in Tirr Rehabilitation for 14 days now I’m home with Home Healthcare coming for 2 months . I had every vertebrae.in my back from bottom of my neck to my tailbone done with screws bolts and rods including my pelvis I had to have a cage put in the lumbar of my spine after taking out older hardware and spacers put in the top of spine because I broke 2 vertebrae that healed but left it collapsed I use to be 5’ 8” I had stooped to5’ 4” now I’m 5’6 1/2” . It’s been a rough road but I’m going to make it with Gods help , many prayers lot of help especially from my husband and determination that I will be able to do some of the things I enjoy doing . I’m 75 years old and have suffered for 15 years with 3 previous back surgeries , with Gods help I will be able to have a good quality of life in my remaining years .

Update from me75 I had my scoliosis surgery 9/28/23 the doctor had to do a lot more than he had planned it took him 14 hours to do my surgery , he took out my pain stimulator and all hardware from previous back surgeries he had to build a cage in my lumbar spine in order to put new hardware and spacers in thoracic spine then he put rods and screws and bolts in every vertebrae in my spine from bottom of my neck to my tailbone and pelvis . I was in ICU for 2 days had 4 pints of blood and 3 drains in my back . I stay in Tirr Rehabilitation in Memorial Hermann Hospital for 14 days and now I have Home Healthcare for 2 months . I go back to Doctor Quinn in Houston Tx. 11/20 for more X-rays . I’m doing pretty good right now a lot better than I thought I would I’ve learned how to walk again and had to learn how to bend over from hips and not waste , I can get up and down out of bed by myself with help of bed rail my pain level now is usually a 2-3 on a scale of 10 . I thank God for all he has done and is going to do for me , it takes a lot of prayer and determination to go through this kind of surgery . I’m sending X-rays I hope I’ve helped someone God Bless and last but not least my sweet husband has been with me all the way through this . He has taken care of the house work , cooking and helped me bathe and dress myself and keep up with medication and all his prayers to thank God for him

For all that gave me their story of scoliosis and helped me with their information . I want them to know I did have the surgery , I have rods screws and bolts , cage and spacers from bottom of my neck to my tailbone and 4 long screws in my pelvis and 4 pints of blood . It took 14 hours of surgery 2 days in ICU with 3 drains in my back , I stayed 14 days in Tirr Rehabilitation Memorial Hermann Hospital and now Home Healthcare for two months . I’m having to learn how to walk again and bending from hips not my waist . It’s been hard but with a lot of determination and prayers and God watching over me I’m going to make it . Thanks everyone for listening to me and your help . I hope I’ve helped others to know what to do . I watched my dear mother go through life not doing anything but suffer and in a wheelchair and I didn’t want to do that when there are doctors that can help .

Wow! You're amazing. So excited to hear that you're home and continuing to recover! And that's awesome that you're able to get out of bed by yourself! Take care and God bless.

Thank you for all your information . It’s so helpful to hear someone else’s experience that has been through scoliosis surgery . Right now I’m so afraid I might move the wrong way and cause harm to my hardware so I’m very stiff feeling and tinse and that makes my muscles feel tired and hurt , doctor doesn’t want me to ware a neck collar very much cause I will depend on it to much but I’m learning to keep my head inline with my body. I have a lot of shoulder pain , hopefully that will go away and my walking is a little jerky on one side . Thank you so much for listening to me , it’s feels so good to talk to someone that has been through this .

I use to by 5’ 8” in my younger days then 5’7” after I started having all the back problems I shrunk to 5’4” after surgery I am now almost 5’7” lakes 1/2 “

Oh wow! That’s awesome that you gained so much height back! I’m about 5’7” now, too, but I was 5’6” before surgery.

Happy to help! I hope your shoulder pain gets better quickly. I really recommend doing shoulder shrugs: first you shrug your shoulders back (you might barely be able to move them in that direction right now but that’s ok), then relax them, then shrug them up, then relax, and repeat a few times. I stopped and did this often every time I went for a walk and it made a difference. Were your shoulders hunched before surgery? Another thing I really liked besides gaining height was that my shoulders got less hunched. Hope you feel better soon!

My shoulders were hunched over and I leaned to the right side and hump in my back it’s all straightened now . I’m having to practice on chin tucks to learn to hold my head up with my body and I am doing the shoulder exercises and walking a lot , it seems strange to be taller again , I use to want to be shorter but not anymore 😂 . Did you have a full scoliosis surgery ?