Scoliosis in adults? [View all]

I went to the doctor now that I finally have access to health care (thank you Arkansas, and I wish our House wasn't making me think "while I have access&quot , and asked if he could figure out why my back has been hurting for so long and getting worse. He did just a thoracic and lumbar x-ray and said I have pretty severe scoliosis. He prescribed some medications to treat the other pain (fibromyalgia, haven't had adequate treatment in about a decade for it, we're starting with Neurontin and Zanaflex), and wants to see me back in two weeks to evaluate me for a referral to a specialist.

Looking at the options, it doesn't seem like there are a lot to correct the actual problem, but I've not had any MRIs or anything to tell if I've got damage that's more severe than they know or if they're going to say it's a candidate for surgery. The only surgeries I saw looked extremely scary -- pretty much full spine fusions. I'd want to try just about everything else before that.

I'm a little scared, and wondering if anyone else has dealt with this. I was told I had mild scoliosis when I saw a chiropractor years back, but the x-rays didn't look nearly as bad back then. Mom said that I never had indications of it on school screenings. So if it's a progressive type... eugh.