Today my mom called Mayo Clinic. Instead of getting x-rays here now, they want us to get x-rays there. My appointment is set for May 27. I'll get x-rays an hour before I meet with my surgeon. Whoever my mom talked to on the phone also suggested we make a tentative surgery date just in case. Then if surgery is the final decision we won't have to wait for a date the 4-6+ weeks that it might take. Dr. MacIntosh is the doctor I've seen there the two times I've gone for yearly check-ups. She's an amazing doctor and I have total faith in her whether I have surgery or not.
Needless to say, whether I'm seeing the greatest doctor in America or the worst, I'm nervous. With a date to talk about surgery set, it all seems so real. I've never enjoyed going to the doctor. I usually stay healthy and I don't play sports so there's usually no need for me to see the doctor very often at all. When I had my first appointment, she said my scoliosis would never get bad enough for surgery. My growth plates indicated I was done growing, my thoracic curve was 30.6 and my lumbar 36.9. Just in case, we would get x-rays October 2010. We did, and although I only grew half an inch my lumbar curve increased by almost 10 degrees in just a year.
Learning that I had scoliosis wasn't a big deal at the time, and now it could very possibly change my entire life. As of right now, I'll just have to play the waiting game until May 27th.
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