Not yet , but I will send that question through my Patient Portal email to my practitioner right now actually . Im curious as well . I noticed my shift about a month ago and requested a hardware and general xray review , and i was told that everything was intact , and there are no deformities or bulges and was told the curve was 23 degrees . I know for a fact that I didn ' t stop growing for 3 or 4 yearsafter my surgery , maybe my spine just kept trying to grow even though it is literally bolted in a fixed position . Sucks ! I feel your pain , the same side where my curve is on my ribcage hurt really bad for a few months before the xray but i didn ' t notice a curve then , and last month on the 10 th I was rushed to the hospital for the pain , and found out that my friggin lung had collapsed ! ! Spontaneous tension pneumothorax , it about killed me ! Every time anyone with surgery like this should always be sure to ask your doctor to listen to your lungs right when they enter the room on each visit , we are at a risk for collapsed lungs . Nobody told me that in 2011 . sigh . Or that we have on average 14 % shorter life expectancies than someone without the operation . For me personally , my life feels like every month or year that passes , that I can feel the stuff in my body taking its toll on me . It ' s like its going to degrade bit by bit until my body can ' t handle me anymore . It feels like my life is a bag of chips , they ' re eaten one at a time until they ' re all gone , if that makes sense . Even though my surgery isn ' t nearly as bad as it could be , ive seen some pretty gnarly hardware on other people , but no matter what , its undeniable deep bone pain and tight muscles that we all share . Hurts far too much at times . sorry for the ramble