/Margaret - Scoliosis

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Margaret - all the best with your surgery. I just wrote to

that my co-worker's husband is also having scoliosis surgery in

November. Seems to be going around! If you don't mind, I will share

your stories with them. I'm sure they will be happy to hear other's

experiences. I guess in the " olden " days :-) when we were young they

didn't treat scoliosis so early. Or maybe I'm just more in tune with

it now due to my co-worker and Liam.

I'm just not sure how I'm going to get him in the brace. I'm hoping

that it gives him some support that he is missing, and maybe he'll

like it. Today his PT told me that he has the lowest tone of any

student she has ever worked with. I also thought that might be the

case, but it was something to hear her say it. A month to 6 weeks

from now, when we've had the brace for a while and we know how he is

handling it, I will feel better. But right now, it's all ahead of us

and there are a lot of unknowns.

I'll be thinking of both of you and wishing you a successful surgery

(Margaret) and a speedy recovery ( and Margaret).

Margaret - did you have the picnic this year? On top of everything?

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> <<I had surgery one month ago for Scoliosis! >>

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> Hi, Everyone......I just about fell off the chair reading

this!!!

> Wow....you gained two whole inches!!! Where did you have your

surgery

> done? I just met with Dr Gelb in Baltimore and plan to have my

back done next

> year.....after we get moved into our new house. I, too, was dx'd

at age 16 and

> have a terrible S curve that is slowing taking away inches form my

height

> and keeps me in chronic pain. I was told I couldn't left anything

heavier than

> a gallon of milk for 6 months....which is the ONLY reason I am

waiting till

> next year. I would just bend down and pick up some heavy box

loaded with

> household stuff and not give it a second though. I am REALLY

going to have a

> hard time with the 'no lifting' part.....I am sooooooooo use to

doing everything

> myself. .....good luck with

Liam and

> his brace. Maybe a few yrs down the road, they will have better

> surgery/therapies for scoliosis. When I was 16, they wanted to do

surgery and I would have

> been in a cast for a year!!! No thank you!!! Now at age 52, they

don't

> even put you in a cast or brace afterwards!!!

> Take care, Everyone.

> Margaret

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