Hello everyone and thank you in advance.
I was diagnosed and underwent decompression surgery for Chiari I four years ago. I'd been diagnosed with not-too-severe scoliosis a couple of years before, but my doc said it was most likely unrelated to Chiari as it was in the lower section of the spine. And yet, surprise, surprise, when I got x-rays several months/a year after the surgery, the curvature in my spain had reduced to the point of being completely functional and requiring no further treatment. Never spoke about it with my surgeon, but it seemed safe to assume that it was related to Chiari after all and the surgery helped correct it.
Backstory over, I've been suffering from mild-to-moderate back pain over the last few weeks. It feels (from what I remember) like the scoliosis pain. Because I never discussed the effects of the surgery on my spine with the surgeon, I have no idea if it could be the scoliosis returning for unrelated reasons, or the Chiari acting up again and messing up my spine. Is any of that possible? Should I go straight to a neurologist/traumatologist about it or see a gp first and consider other options?