Check out these other pages for more insight about scoliosis.

SURGICAL STORIES
 Abbi's Story [Abbi is from Ireland and writes about her surgical experience.]
 Alesha's Story [Alesha had two surgeries back to back in 2001.]
 Ali's Story [Ali wore a brace for a few months and then had surgery in June 2003.]
 Amanda's Story [Amanda had surgery in July 2005, after wearing a brace and hating it.]
 Amber's Story [Amber is a college student that has been through two surgeries.]
 Andrea's Story [Andrea went through a few different braces before having surgery.]
 Anna's Story [Anna was initially braced using SpineCor and chronicles her surgery day by day.]
 Ashley's Story [Ashley's mom tells us about her 10 year old daughter who had fusion surgery.]
 Ashley's Story [Ashley chronicled her surgery in diary format.]
 Austin's Story [Austin's mom tells us about her son's bracing and surgical experiences.]
 Becca's Story [Becca's mom sent us this story from their local newspaper about her courageous daughter.]
 Candace's Story [Candace tells us about her diagnosis, bracing and surgery]
 Ceci's Story [Ceci was diagnosed at 7 years old and had surgery years later in September of 2003.]
 Corey's Story [Corey was one of the original SpineKIDS on our message boards.]
 Courtney's Story [Courtney tells a very emotional story about her surgical experience.]
 Emilie's Story [Emilie was diagnosed at 5 years old has had two surgeries. She includes before and after photos.]
 Emily's Story [Emily is scheduled for surgery in September 2006 and includes her "before" photos of her spine.]
 Esther's Story [Esther is from New Zealand and is almost 2 years post-op.]
 Harry's Story [Harry is a brave 9 year old who has congenital scoliosis and has had 10 surgeries.]
 Izzie's Story [Izzie was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 4. Now 17, she has had a number of surgeries.]
 Jade's Story [Jade had surgery in January 2004 and sent us a very well-written account of what she went through.]
 Jamie's Story [Jamie had surgery in March 2006 and continues to wear a brace.]
 Jesse's Story [This story about a special young boy is told by his foster mom, Punya.]
 Jessica's Story [Jessica found out about her scoliosis in 6th grade and had surgery in May 2005.]
 Jodie's Story [Jodie writes about her recent diagnosis and surgical experience.]
 John's Story [John is one of very few guys we see here on SpineKIDS. He had surgery in July 2005.]
 Kari's Story [Kari describes her surgical experience.]
 Katelyn's Story [Katelyn had surgery in July 2006 and includes before and after pictures of her back.]
 UPDATE! Kara's Story [Kara is 18 years old and recently had surgery.]
 Kati's Story [Kati had surgery in June 2004. She shares her story with photos of her time in the hospital.]
 Kayla's Story [Kayla shares her recent surgical experience.]
 NEW! Kendall's Story [Kendall's mom sent in her story and a video showing her daughter dancing after surgery.]
 Lauren's Story [Lauren is a frequent contributor to the message boards and has been through bracing and surgery.]
 Lindsay's Story [Lindsay is going for surgery in the middle of May 2004.]
 Lindsey's Story [Lindsey had surgery in the beginning of June 2005.]
 Krista's Story [Krista is a very active girl who recovered from her surgery quickly.]
 Martha's Story [Martha tells us her story from the time she first found out to seven weeks after her surgery.]
 Mihai's Story [Mihai is from Romania. She had surgery after unsuccessful bracing.]
 Miranda's Story [Miranda wore a brace and then had surgery. She explains her process and has encouraging words.]
 Molly's Story [Molly was born with a very rare 120 degree curve - the 2nd worst scoliosis case known.]
 Morgan's Story [Morgan's story is the first Scoli Story we received. Thanks Morgan!]
 Natalie's Story [Natalie writes for us from England with a well-chronicled surgery story.]
 Natalie's Story [Natalie had surgery in November 2005.]
 Rowena's Story [Rowena was born with Infantile Idiopathic Scoliosis and now has written her candid thoughts as an adult.]
 Samantha's Story [Samantha had surgery in July 2006 and has a post op brace.]
 Sarah's Story [Sarah chronicles her recovery in the hospital day-by-day.]
 Sarah's Story [Sarah kept a diary of her experience during her surgery.]
 Shane's Story [Shane is a brave guy who has been through 2 surgeries to correct his curvature.]
 Shannon's Story [Shannon had surgery in July 2006 and has had some medical problems since.]
 Shannon's Story [Shannon had a brace, went to a chiropractor and recently had surgery in May 2005.]
 Tim's Story [Tim's dad sends us annual post up updates to Tim's story. Read year 3.]

      REFERENCE LIBRARY
 Scottish Rite Hospital- Scoliosis [TSRHC is a leader is scoliosis research and treatments. n April 2007, researchers at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children identified the first gene associated with idiopathic scoliosis, CHD7. The medical breakthrough was the result of a 10-year study and is outlined in the May 2007 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.]
 LivingWithScoliosis.com [Natalie was diagnosed at 13. Now in her 20s, she has a site dedicated to helping others.]
 iScoliosis.com [A comprehensive site that is provided by medical technology company, Medtronic Sofamor Danek.]
 Scoliosis Can Be Treated - KidsHealth.org [A thorough article about scoliosis and possible treatments.]
 Scoliosis Condition Center - SpineUniverse.com [A library of articles regarding scoliosis diagnosis and treatments.]
 Scoliosis World [A link-based site that indexes many different scoliosis topics.]
 Spine-Health.com [An article called Scoliosis: What You Need to Know.]

      PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS
 Scoliosis Research Society
 The Adolescent Scoliosis Society of North America
 The National Scoliosis Foundation
 The Scoliosis Association
  Infantile Scoliosis Outreach Program
 NEW! Vertebral Body Stapling Support and Information [A support website founded by three moms with children who have scoliosis and have had Vertebral Body Stapling.]

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