Hopefully these sites can give you more information about scoliosis surgery and help answer some of your questions!

 

www.iscoliosis.com/- a website just for girls with many accounts of patients' stories, as well as other information about treatment, news articles, and more!

 

 

www.chsd.org/body.cfm?id=2020&action=detail&ref=9 - read the story of 2 sisters who had the anterior spinal fusion surgery (different than what I had, which was posterior) at Children's in San Diego.

 

 

www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article2062.html - info from orthopedic surgeons about the spinal fusion surgeries and recovery, as well as basic information about scoliosis and other treatment options.

 

 

www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/bones/scoliosis_samantha.html - read about a teenage girl's experience with scoliosis, from her diagnosis to her recovery.

 

 

www.scoliosis-australia.org/scoliosis/about_scoliosis.html - a quick overview of all the aspects of scoliosis (I know, all the information can get very confusing!)

 

 

www.netspace.org/~dbilbao/scoliosis/supptreat.html - find information on just about every alternative treatment for scoliosis out there!

 

 

www.esurgeon.com/newton/ - a website created by my orthopedic surgeron, Dr. Newton

 

 

http://www.sdscoliosis.com/  - Get the info on the Scoliosis Association of San Diego (meetings, forums, famous people with scoliosis, etc)! They hold meetings once a month for kids/teens and parents who are dealing with scoliosis, right here in San Diego!