im wondering about others experiences with chiari 1 malformation, who possibly also have syrinx and the decompression surgury! i had scoliosis since the age of 4 with an incompitent doctor that only focused on that and none of my other symptoms that lead to chiari until we switched and contacted a neurologist when i was 9 who got me an MRI and discovered the syrinx was so bad if they hadnt caught it as late as they did id be paralized right now, and so i had the decompression surgury and by the time i was 11 the scoliosis was gone and now (im 18) the syrinx has shrunk to the point of not posing a threat anymore and i didnt have to get them drained :)