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                        I too myself was diagnosed with scolosis when I was seventeen.  I am now 27.  Mine has still remain mild whatever that means.  My back hurts now and then.  I can tolerate.  I have never considered surgery because everything I know that can go wrong.  You should see for yourself whether you can live with pain or not.