Re: wat shud i do?

[Guest guest]

> my mum discovered i had scoiliosis wen i was >13 and i was made to wear

> a cast.

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>im in ghana now.the worst part of it is wen people >think ure a

> hunchback.humn.i feel sad sometimes but i >guess im stuck with my back.

You don't say if you are originally from Ghana or are just " visiting " or

living there temporarily. But I do know that there is a scoliosis surgeon,

Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei (I call him a " scoliosis god " ) who is from Ghana,

who currently practices in New York City but still travels back to Ghana and

to some developing nations to open hospitals and train surgeons, and do

surgery for the people in these countries. He also brings these surgeons to

NYC so they can train in state-of-the-art facilities. I don't have any

information on where exactly he is in Ghana (maybe someone else here can

provide a link), but in New York he is located at the Hospital for Special

Surgery. I feel certain that if you can connect with Dr. Boachie, he can

help you. He only takes on the really difficult cases, because that's where

his expertise is sorely needed. It might take you some time to get an

appointment, but it will be well worth it. Maybe you won't get him, but one

of the surgeons he has trained!

Good luck to you and let us know if you need any more information. (If

anyone else here can add anything to this, that would be great.)

D.

[Guest guest]

Hi, everything you have said in your msg is just how i felt, i was

always aware of my curve, im a size 10 but i aways had to buy size 14

clothes, when i used to tell people about my spine they used to say

they never noticed. For years i used to beg surgeons to let me have

the op, but cos my curve was 49 degrees they didnt think it was

necessary, i was gutted. then i had three beautiful girls, i never had

any back pain, not even when i was pregnant. but silly me, i still

want happy with my curve , so i found a surgeon who would do it cos i

told him how it made me so unhappy. i had the surgery 5 weeks ago and

it is the worst mistake of my life. i spent 2 weeks in hospital, the

pain was so bad, i used to cry all the time, i couldnt sit, stand or

anything. i regret having it done so much, now im home the pain is

still bad, im so scared it will never go, ive got three beautiful

girls that i can no longer hold, play with, crawl on the floor with, i

cant even move to get them dressed. im so stiff its unreal, when i

drop something i cant even pick it up, i have always been so energetic

it frustrates me. if you are as stubbon as me you will gat it done no

matter what, you are not to old, im 28, but if i could have a choice

again i wouldnt get it done. from Emma