[kellyhound]

surgs did a damn good job

[Adora]

How did he bend his spine like that?
The pain must have been unimaginable

[ALARMA!]

[renjr]

That was cool..... ..... Thanks for sharing this with us...

[Kim]

And here I thought my scars were impressive.

[EternalAbyss]

Originally Posted by [Vinc3] ↗

Wow! What was it curved at before the surgery? They told him he'd be in a wheelchair soon and there was nothing they could do, but then he got a second opinion and the doc said surgery would correct it, but he'd need a miracle. I guess he got that miracle.

Before surgery it was curved at a 75 degree angle, and it had also started to twist/rotate at the bottom. I was 10 when I had the surgery (I'm 24 now) and back then they didn't have the adjustable rods they use on kids now, so it stopped my growth so I'm only 4'11 lol. They couldn't wait any longer or else I would've died.
Your friend is very lucky then! The doctors messed me up bad - they dislocated both of my hips (which are still like that), pinched my siatic nerve in my leg that kills me every day, and they left a 2 1/2 inch spot open on the bottom of my back that still opens up again from time to time and has to get packed by nurses. Plus because of my leg I couldn't continue my physio therapy that was keeping me semi flexible and maintaining the little muscle I had, so now I can't bend at all or really move either, and my muscles are so weak I can't even lift a glass of water. Stupid doctors lol. Where did your friend get his surgery done?

[EternalAbyss]

Originally Posted by Adora ↗

How did he bend his spine like that?
The pain must have been unimaginable

It's called Scoliosis, it's a condition where your spine curves, the severity can vary between a little, and a lot. Usually surgery is needed to correct it, but depending on how curved it is they can only straighten it so much. As for pain, it's not usually too bad because it happens gradually and your body adjusts to it, but it does cause some back pain and it will crush your organs if it is not fixed.

This is severe Scoliosis:


This is a nice fix:


This is about what my back looked like before surgery (the guy on the right):

This is about how my back is now (none of these pictures are of myself):

[[Vinc3]]

Originally Posted by EternalAbyss ↗

Before surgery it was curved at a 75 degree angle, and it had also started to twist/rotate at the bottom. I was 10 when I had the surgery (I'm 24 now) and back then they didn't have the adjustable rods they use on kids now, so it stopped my growth so I'm only 4'11 lol. They couldn't wait any longer or else I would've died.
Your friend is very lucky then! The doctors messed me up bad - they dislocated both of my hips (which are still like that), pinched my siatic nerve in my leg that kills me every day, and they left a 2 1/2 inch spot open on the bottom of my back that still opens up again from time to time and has to get packed by nurses. Plus because of my leg I couldn't continue my physio therapy that was keeping me semi flexible and maintaining the little muscle I had, so now I can't bend at all or really move either, and my muscles are so weak I can't even lift a glass of water. Stupid doctors lol. Where did your friend get his surgery done?

Man! guess all this modern day medicine really has changed things. he had the surgey done at Duke Raleigh Hospital and i dont even know how many hours they put in... Sorry to hear about your condition..... They put the images on the docs website too since theyd never done anything like it before... this is the site:
http://drlloydhey.blogspot.com/2009/...e-painful.html

[eyescoloredgreen]

I have scoliosis, and I hope mine never gets that bad.

[butterfly]

Same thing happened to my boyfriend. His friend and him wraped a car around a tree and broke my boyfriends spin. To this day the doctors don't know how he is walking.

Great post vinc and info