thanks girls.....I have had scoliosis since they first discovered it when I was 12.....Normal Dr apt...Sent me to a specialist in Ottawa and I ended up wearing a back brace made of fiberglass 23 hours a day...What a teenage complexe i had....I got fed up as I only saw my back worsen with it and I did not want to lose the rest of my teenage years.....I took the decision to remove it and the Dr's asked me to come back in 6 months for a follow up.I felt freedom.....I started riding my bicycle- playing ball - horse back riding - swimming. I felt normal again and finished my highschool with pride...I returned 6 months after removing the brace and they were in awe to see the major imporvement.
The degrees are to be considered with scoliosis.....I started at a curve in my neck - fisrt curve between shoulder blades was at 12 and the lower portion was at 15 I beleive - wore the brance for 2 years and ended up with 38 up top - and 22 at the bottom. 6 months after i removed the brace I was a 10 up top nad 8 at the bottom.........
Now they wanted to do surgery at 38 which consisted of stabilising a pin to my spine - fusing it for 2 years minimum.....I saw a neighbor;s daughter go through it and I was scared back then a mistake would criple me so I said NO>.....
Today my curve in my neck is not there or not noted.....Top curve is at 52.4 and the bottom one is 34 I beleive...So not very good.....I have teniis elbow and got cortison injections there yesterday and feel like sh** today.....Called in sick from work...My shoulder is rorating inwards but has kept a normal appearance other than rotating inwards becuase of my back.......
Well sorry for rambling on but this is my story and I figured for those who don't know what scoliosis is they can get an idea.
Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:23 pm
