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Date of surgery: February\u00a02009<\/strong><\/p>\n I am 41 years old, I am French and I am suffering from Syringomyelia, Idiopathic Scoliosis with herniated disc D6\/D7.<\/p>\n Some years ago, in France, I was proposed only one solution for my problem on a condition that if I had been a little more \u201caffected\u201d and it was an aggressive and invalidating surgery to drain CSF from the spinal cord, which re-emerges in most cases and that I would not have risked anyways\u2026.<\/p>\n In late 2008, severely affected by the disease, I used to walk with help of a cane even sometimes two and even used to go on wheelchair occasionally. I used to suffer a lot especially on the left side with paraesthesia, tingling, electric currents. I also had urinary incontinence, migraines, dizziness that used to make me lose consciousness, sometimes in the middle of the street \u2026 I had become 80% invalid as per the MDPH (Department of the disability), with household help for day-today tasks \u2026 I could hardly drive and began to live as a \u201crecluse\u201d.<\/p>\n For a long time I was considered and treated as mythomaniac by the doctors (specially at the beginning of the disease), stuffed with medicines, I looked for the help in the discussion forums. It was then I discovered a surgery that consisted of stopping the evolution of the disease. I was seen in a very serious and comprehensive manner by Dr. Royo. Following this medical report, I had the surgery of the sectioning of the filum terminale on February 10, 2009 by Dr. Royo in Barcelona. This surgery changed my life! I felt big changes from the first day. First, when I got up, I felt the cold ground under my feet and no longer suffered the neuropathic pain that used to poison me and my leg had gained strength \u2026 Leaving the hospital, I no longer limped while walking. It was a beautiful surprise! I had been suffering for 9 years and was totally misunderstood by doctors in France! (Syringomyelia was detected in 2000).<\/p>\n In short, I remember having some \u201cpainful crises\u201d during the weeks after surgery, but nothing comparable to what I had previously; I didn\u2019t even need to take painkillers. No more treatments, no more physiotherapy, no more crutches!<\/p>\n The other symptoms gradually disappeared months after the surgery and eventually disappeared completely. Some of the dizziness that was left disappeared completely during 2012. I could feel comfortable on uneven ground.<\/p>\n