If this is the wrong group to post this to I sincerely apologize and would
welcome  suggestions of where to post this.  I'm just gona get right to the
point.  I was a sufferer of scoliosis up untill September of last year.  At
that time I had the corrective surgery performed on me and it has left me
with a 15 inch scar down the middle of my back where they installed two rods
to fix it. And another 4 inch scar on my hip where they took bone to fuse
acouple of vertebras (horrid spelling I know and grammar for that matter)
and all this surgery has done is left me in more pain. I have come to the
understanding from the dr. that preformed the surgery that the only way to
get rid of the pain is to have the hardware removed. I am hesitant to do
this because he failed to point out the need of a second operation before he
preformed the first one and this has made me leery that he just wants more
money. I'm not worried about the money because my insurance covered all but
1,000$ of the first operation and that was just the charge of the
anestisaologist (sp?) and the only other person that can give me a second
opinion is about 300 miles away so I thought I would post this here first. I
live in Midland, Texas, USA and if anyone knows of a Dr. to recommend me to
I would greatly appreciate it but understand this is unlikely. Thanks again.

Tyler aka Dakard

Tyler

You have a complicated problem on your hands.  It sounds as if the
scoliosis surgery was most likely done properly, but I have no idea
for sure.  You should go see a specialist in scoliosis surgery before
you consider any more surgery.  I would suggest someone at Baylor or
some other major university medical school.

Best,

Bob

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