Check this out

If you want to see the type of surgery I went through, though a bit more extreme, set your DVRs to tape Discovery Channel Feb 4 at 5pm "Surgery Saved My Life: Extreme Spine Surgery"

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/surgery/episode/episode.html

This surgery is performed by another well known scoliosis surgeron. He is NY city based doctor to whom a lot of East coasters go to with excellent results. We attempted to get an appointment with him but were not able to get one that worked with our schedule.