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@heatherm See that you have had several responses that can help you better than I can....
Maybe by your symtoms you could have surgery ... I had a fusion and it was a big surgery ... had degeneration that had caused a scoliosis ... The fusion surgery was 9 hours long ... everything I could do not to have surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 18, 2020
@pamer I hate to tell you, but I think Spinal Fusion Surgery is your only answer....
tell you, but I think Spinal Fusion Surgery ... June for Degeneration that caused a scoliosis ... My surgery was very big, the surgeon ... Professor of orthopedic and spinal surgery ... I had the surgery on June 9th and I&
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 30, 2020
@donfeld I am so sorry to you. It sounds like you don't have very good doctors....
in Rochester MN and had a nine hour surgery ... for degeneration, which caused a scoliosis ... My surgery was 9 hours long surgery.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 30, 2020
@sakota 9 Joan I don't believe your doctor telling you surgery does not help stenosis. I...
;t believe your doctor telling you surgery ... a year they did a big fusion back surgery ... I have degeneration that caused a scoliosis ... It was a 9 hour surgery. ... so you may not be a candidate for surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 18, 2020
@kristineberry I hope I got the right person. I had a fusion surgery on my back....
I had a fusion surgery on my back. ... Degeneration of my spine caused a scoliosis ... I know surgery is tough and a long recovery ... , but if she just needs L-4 and 5 surgery ... I would go for surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 14, 2020
@fatsfat Have you been to Mayo. I saw the best surgeon that deal with your kind...
I had surgery by him. ... It was a 9 hour surgery for degeneration ... that caused a scoliosis plus stenosis
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 2, 2020
@lisa7777 Welcome Lisa. I am Lilypaws. Have you seen a surgeon about your problem. I just...
I just had a big fusion surgery on June ... back was degenerating which cause a scoliosis
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 1, 2020
@baq315a Are you scared of having a fusion. I'm having one done on June 9th and...
have degeneration that has caused a scoliosis ... They even did a test to see if the surgery ... #39;s the way I will feel after the surgery ... #39;m ready and positive about this surgery ... Your surgery would be small considering
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 11, 2020
Dear @meandyou. My heart goes out to you. Have you seen a surgeon? I'm having a...
degeneration in my low back which caused scolosis ... The surgery starts at my t-10 and goes ... Its a big surgery.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 4, 2020
Hi @lilypaws, I noticed that you're not following the Spine Health support group. Click here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/spine-health/...
group, you'll find others who have scoliosis ... and have had back surgery. ... discussions, including this one: - Scoliosis ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/scoliosis-introduce-yourself
Hello @suerc. You may noticed I altered the title of this discussion a bit to be...
all discussed a broken back, neck surgery ... check out the following discussion on Scoliosis ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/scoliosis-and-sleep-number-beds
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 13, 2019
@amywood20 You story is similar to my own. The symptoms and tender spots you've described are...
a neurologist after carpal tunnel surgery ... compress my spinal cord making spine surgery ... cause a twist and create a functional scoliosis ... I had my spine surgery in Rochester. ... A lot has come back since spine surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 25, 2019
I been diagnosed with scoliosis year ago by my first orthopedic but l didn't really understand...
I been diagnosed with scoliosis year ... I had back surgery and l am not falling ... has Spinal cord injury and he had 30 surgeries
Posted: Jun 27, 2019
@npt1903, I can understand not wanting the surgery for scoliosis or any surgery for that matter....
, I can understand not wanting the surgery ... for scoliosis or any surgery for that ... > Groups > Spine Health > Scoliosis ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/scoliosis-introduce-yourself ... ; Searching for Adults living with scoliosis
I have never really received a definitive reason for my balance issue. I've been told that...
as to the reason--maybe from knee surgery ... , one lumbar lamenectomy, or the scoliosis ... I hate to have the surgery for scoliosis
Thanks for asking! My Mayo neurosurgeon is Dr. Jeremy Fogelson. Here are some links about him...
using-the-art-of-medicine-to-overcome-fear-of-surgery ... sharing.mayoclinic.org/2017/07/26/spinal-surgery-saves-teen-swimmers-mobility ... gov-mark-dayton-to-undergo-third-back-surgery ... newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-scoliosis-screening
@katie215 Katie, You're welcome. My neurosurgeon is Dr. Jeremy Fogelson and he is at Mayo in...
anxious about my predicament, but having surgery ... where you can see him talking about scoliosis ... newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-scoliosis-screening ... using-the-art-of-medicine-to-overcome-fear-of-surgery ... sharing.mayoclinic.org/2017/07/26/spinal-surgery-saves-teen-swimmers-mobility
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 5, 2019
I've had Harrington rods in my spine for 27 years. I was diagnosed with scoliosis at...
I was diagnosed with scoliosis at the ... of an S and that's when I had surgery ... Two doctors suggested surgery and one ... said it would be a very complicated surgery ... just trying to find alternatives to surgeries
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 6, 2019