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This is a late post so please ignore if your situation is improved. When I was...
spinal canal, and I have stenosis and scoliosis ... #39;s well over 10 years since the surgery
Posted: Feb 18, 2024
Can anyone advise if MFR would possibly be an option for someone with severe scoliosis? I...
an option for someone with severe scoliosis ... She had one surgery about 18 years ago ... They all recommended surgery and she ... They’ve recommended surgery for years ... She just asked me today about a surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 15, 2024
Hi- I hope you are doing well today!! I'm new to the group, and not sure...
and not sure if you opted for the surgery ... In February of 2023, I underwent a scoliosis ... The pain is worse than prior to the surgery ... bladder issues, as a result of the surgery ... only I could go back to before the surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 25, 2024
I was told to use an estrogen cream vaginally twice a week, which I have been...
I had the surgery at age 83, and I am ... I also have scoliosis (a curvature of ... things are necessarily related to my surgery
Support Group: Women's Health
Posted: Dec 19, 2023
Thank you all for posting your experiences. I had the L345 Laminectomy last October , 22....
no, as a veteran of multiple cancer surgeries ... , and it was worse than before the surgery ... interpretation of the MRI is that my scoliosis ... I opted to not have the scolisis repair ... I am not sure spinal surgery is always
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 10, 2023
Thanks for your answer. I have a request in to the Spine Clinic, and have been...
a substantial surgical history for scoliosis ... pain on my left side (the site of the scoliosis ... heavy-duty pain meds since the very first surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 28, 2023
I'm not sure if vertiflex was device that a pain mgmt. Dr. suggested he could do...
I don't know if you have any scoliosis ... bc I have 18 degree scoliosis which ... device called tops but I had too much scoliosis ... do what they say before and after surgery
I truly understand what you all are dealing with. I, too, had the Vertiflex procedure 2...
I do have scoliosis, bulging discs, ... glad I didn’t go forward with the surgery ... It’s a minimal surgery.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 28, 2023
@pita12345 You're asking a question that might bring out a lot of opinions. First, let's define...
kind of magic so we can avoid spine surgery ... Scoliosis is complex and can be a developmental ... it sure sounded better than spine surgery ... cells were not going to fix that; only surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 14, 2023
Hi Denise, I recently had spine fusion for my scoliosis. My surgery was done over two...
I recently had spine fusion for my scoliosis ... My surgery was done over two days as ... doctor told me if I didn't get surgery ... If you do get surgery, make sure you
Discussion: Severe scoliosis
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 8, 2023
@carol6 Hello, Carol. I wanted to welcome you to Connect. I don't have scoliosis, but I...
I don't have scoliosis, but I am ... a spine surgery patient. ... I can imagine that scoliosis might limit
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 16, 2023
I just joined this group and appreciate the range of experiences, treatments people have found helpful....
Plus scoliosis dx I didnt know I had ... I realized this optional surgery was ... still less risky than spinal surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 1, 2023
@rita9876 So your choice with the orthopedic spine surgeon is they would add 2 extra levels...
Either way it sounds like a big surgery ... If you have never had spine surgery, ... expect that you may need more spine surgery ... you have a spine deformity such as scoliosis
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Nov 20, 2022
Hello @glaciermom and welcome to Connect. I'm so glad that you shared your good experience with...
you shared your good experience with surgery ... You were wondering about scoliosis. ... www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/scoliosis ... can see from reading this article, scoliosis
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 2, 2022
@tmtm4 Hello again. I had been chatting with you in your other post about dental issues....
I am a Mayo spine surgery patient, and ... also had surgery there for a broken ... correctly that you have had one spine surgery ... multiple problems with damaged discs and scoliosis ... You had mentioned possible spine surgery
Discussion: Severe scoliosis
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 1, 2022
Reclast can affect whether you can get implants. Some doctors refuse to put implants in if...
I have Osteoporosis, RA, severe scoliosis ... arthritis throughout my entire spine, 4/5 surgeries ... dislocations, 3 replacements on each surgery ... They say I have PTSD, from so many surgeries ... really am a mess right before the surgery
Posted: Jun 29, 2022