Mustang Sal
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About Me
- About Mustang Sal
- Biography
- Hello! I'm Sally from not so sunny Norfolk!
- Location
- Norwich
- Interests
- Reading, cooking, travelling, art, theatre
- Occupation
- Office slave :o)
- Scoliosis History
A few fields to allow you to share some of your scoliosis history if you want to.
- What type of spinal curvature?
- Congenital Scoliosis
- Diagnosis Details
- Was born with spina bifida occulta along with a weird condition called Diastematomyelia between L1 and S1 (which means my spinal cord is split in two by a bony spur). Had spinal surgery at Addenbrookes aged 3 (which left me with a reeeeally attractive scar - hmm!) As I got older, I started getting more neuro symptoms, mainly concerning my feet and legs (my right foot is what is known as pes cavus) which led to a few operations to sort it out. I also have kyphoscoliosis in the lumbar region, and a thoracic curvature. At 15 suddenly developed severe nerve pain in my back and legs, eventually decided a hemivertebra was compressing my spinal cord. Underwent a fairly complicated 14 hour operation (done at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital, now the NNUH) in Dec 1998.
- What curve pattern?
- Other type of curve pattern (tell us more below!)
- Curve Pattern Details
- As above, all sorts of twists and turns. The damn thing just does not want to be straight!
- Had surgery?
- More than one surgery at different times(tell us more in the next field)
- Surgery Details
- Sugery on spine and right foot - first aged 3, last aged 17
- Worn a brace?
- No brace
- Been cast?
- Casting for other reasons
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Signature
- I'm Sally, i'm 28 and I have congenital scoliosis, Spina Bifida Occulta and Diastematomyelia (split cord malformation). Surgery to detether spinal cord and remove bone spur in 1984. Developed 'pes cavus' and leg weakness, various foot surgeries between 1992 and 94. Spinal decompression, hemivertebrectomy and fusion with instrumentation 1998. Lumbar kyphoscoliosis and thoracic scoliosis, degrees unknown.
