Scheuermann Kyphosis t2-l3
I have a 90 degree curve at 16 years old and somehow I don’t really have pain which I am grateful for. Sometimes I have shoulder pain, but it’s not bad and who knows if that’s just because of my kyphosis. Anyway, I have surgery scheduled for late July but I am absolutely terrified and wondering if it’s the right choice. The curve is very severe cosmetically, so the surgeon said it’s not crazy to get it fused mainly for that reason. It does make me insecure and is a pretty big reason why I mainly wear sweatshirts. I’ve gotten pretty active lately, running and weightlifting, so now I’m really not looking forward to being so limited. Is this a stupid revision? If I don’t necessarily have pain, is surgery asking for trouble? Will this mess up my spine even more? But at the same time, I want to be a nurse so is that going to happen if I got this? I also don’t want to have this hunch for the rest of my life though. I’m just terrified of something happening and making my back worse. I also wanted to go back to school 4 weeks later but I’m not sure if that would be able to happen.