Hey everyone...I'm new here...my first visit was yesterday after getting the devestating news from the x-ray technician...I haven't actually met with my doctor yet and been diagnosed but the x-rays were so bad that the technician actually called me in to see them so I could take a look at them myself...I have been suffering for years now but never knew...I have severe pain in my C6-C7 area as well as my lumbar area...About 4 years ago I went through a spell where I could not even more my neck...the inflammation was so bad...I went to the doctor and he sent me for xrays but it didn't show anything!!! How could it not? I underwent physio therapy for about 3 months (twice a week) and they brought me back to 85% of what I used to be which allowed me to be able to work again...now, 4 years later, the neck pain starts up again and small tasks that I've been doing for years now have become very painful to do...I can barely sweep a floor now because the pain in the lumbar area is so severe that I would cry if I didn't stop doing it...I went back to my doctor (different one than the one 4 yrs ago) and I told him about the pain...so he requested I go for xrays as he didn't have my others on file...he also did a referral for physio therapy...much to my amazement yesterday when I went for the xrays, I learned that I have scoliosis and have two curves in the spine...it was all so overwhelming and scary as I have NO idea what I'm about to face...after learning this though, many things started to make sense...i.e. when I was between 10-12 yrs old, I had severe pain in my feet and ankles when I would walk...I remember having to stop during my walks and having to massage my feet...such burning and knife cutting pain...they sent me for xrays at that time for my feet which revealed nothing...they said it was growing pains...at 15 I had a lot of pain in my knees...I went for xrays and again, growing pains and juvenile arthritis... I suffered from pain the rest of my life thinking I had bad feet...was told to wear boys sneakers to hold my ankles more as I would easily twist my feet... then 4 yrs ago I attempted massage therapy and had extensive pain from it but they couldn't figure out WHY it hurt so much! The massage therapist said that my shoulder blades were SO different in height from one another...I never thought of anything...always knew one side of your body was higher than the other...also, my physio therapist had asked me if I had ever been told I had scoliosis...at that time I had never even heard of it...she told me what it was and I said no, never been told that...she asked about my xrays and I advised her that nothing had been seen in them...she said it was really hard to tell because of the severe inflammation present...so...this is all I know up to now...I'm 40 yrs old and I just find out I have scoliosis and I'm so scared because I don't know what I'm about to face I've been suffering with depression in the last 6 months because I cannot do things I normally did and I feel bad that my husband has to do everything...
Thanks for listening...if you have any advice or guidance, please, I need all the help I can get...it's scary getting to a forum like this and seeing hundreds of threads to sift through...trying to absorb it all...if anyone has a similar experience of what I've been through, would love to hear from you...I also realize that this website is geared more towards the United States and I am from Canada...we do have free healthcare here which does help and I also have 80% coverage on benefits...
Thanks so much...
Tina
Thanks for listening...if you have any advice or guidance, please, I need all the help I can get...it's scary getting to a forum like this and seeing hundreds of threads to sift through...trying to absorb it all...if anyone has a similar experience of what I've been through, would love to hear from you...I also realize that this website is geared more towards the United States and I am from Canada...we do have free healthcare here which does help and I also have 80% coverage on benefits...
Thanks so much...
Tina
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