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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
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
@chma265 Hello. I would like to welcome you to Connect. I am a spine surgery patient....
I am a spine surgery patient. ... needing his services again for spine surgery ... Adults can develop scoliosis later in ... Spine surgery can make things worse, ... dysfunction as best they can, but surgery
@stpchair I saw from your profile that you are 73. Do you think this may be...
you still looking and considering surgery ... Adults living with Scoliosis, thoracic ... / Scoliosis, introduce yourself, ... / Scoliosis and sleep number beds ... / Scoliosis and chronic back pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Sep 25, 2021
@kristinemcauthon Kristine, you may want to try physical therapy. With one leg higher when you sit,...
I realize that with scoliosis, it may ... muscles, etc, having pressure added from scoliosis ... a whiplash that I was having spine surgery
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Mar 2, 2021
@saleha59 Welcome to Connect. I am a Mayo spine surgery patient and I have a biology...
I am a Mayo spine surgery patient and ... when I was going through the need for surgery ... I understand your hesitation about surgery ... Surgery at the lower end of the spine ... newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-scoliosis-screening
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 22, 2020
Thanks bustrbrwn22 but we all have problems or we would not be on this site. I...
I never had scoliosis before 8 years ... duodenum to try to avoid a Whipple surgery
Discussion: severely bent over
Posted: Oct 19, 2020
@babette I'm one that has had the surgery on June 9, it was a 9 hour...
babette I'm one that has had the surgery ... on June 9, it was a 9 hour surgery ... before there was nothing left but surgery ... degeneration of my spine which caused a scoliosis ... and other helping things from my hip surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 18, 2020
@johnbishop I take 1000 mg of calcium citrate and it does not bind me up. I'm...
I'm still on Tramadol since my surgery ... degenerative arthritis too that caused a scoliosis ... That was the reason I had the surgery
Posted: Jul 17, 2020
I had gastric bypass in 2012 and had lost around 150lbs before my surgery and then...
and had lost around 150lbs before my surgery ... and then I lost 250lb after surgery ... fibromyalgia, ankylosing spondylitis, and scoliosis
@jesfactsmon You nailed it Hank...I agree that my body has lost track of which way is...
rolled with the little things like mild scoliosis ... double cornea transplants and cataract surgeries ... I banged out those surgeries with one
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 13, 2020
Hi @australia. I know what you mean. I have degeneration that has caused a scoliosis and...
have degeneration that has caused a scoliosis ... It's a big surgery, but I am so ... Seems funny to look forward to a surgery ... waiting for Mayo Clinic to do elective surgeries ... you know I'm recovering from my surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 5, 2020
This is from @lilypaws I am on Tymlos and it is expensive, but I thing Forteo...
weeks of being on Tymlos I am to have surgery ... Its a big surgery, but I have done everything ... They tested me and the surgery will ... degeneration which has caused and scoliosis ... No pain pills before surgery, because
Posted: May 2, 2020
With my back problem I cannot walk or do exercise,except for my neck. I am going...
I am going to have a big surgery at ... have degeneration that has caused a scoliosis ... The Covid-19 will hold my surgery back ... I will have to continue after surgery ... , so when they open elective surgery
@kwright41175 - Thank you Kwright. I’ll start with just a couple questions. First, do you walk...
describe your pain immediately after surgery ... , 3-4 days after surgery, a week, month ... people who have had long fusions/ scoliosis
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 13, 2025
@pjulien63 Thank you John for introducing me. I feel for you and yours is a very...
my surgery was pretty simple, but 5 ... an expert with spine deformity and scoliosis ... surgeries. ... point-of-care-additive-manufacturing-provides-complex-scoliosis-models ... bone quality can be an issue with scoliosis
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 30, 2025
My Neuropathy comes from a weakened spinal column after having surgery to remove a tumor that...
weakened spinal column after having surgery ... that may have been released during surgery ... My scoliosis from where the lamia was ... trying to slice my legs off & my scoliosis ... find a surgeon to take a chance on surgery
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 30, 2025
@libertyusa I know this is a frustrating situation for you. The bone quality consideration is a...
Scoliosis surgeries are big surgeries ... I'm not a scoliosis patient, but ... build bone density before doing a big surgery ... know this is frustrating, but a big surgery ... Your health status affects success of surgery