Hi.
I'm a 26 woman and I have had scoliosis since I was 13. Iwas braced until age 16. anyway I just had xrays taken in 2002 (when I was 22) and they showed that the curve had progressed to 37 degrees thoracic and 33 degrees lumbar. I have to get more Xrays this year and I am almost positive htey will show that the curve has progressed. I have back pain all day every day. Not horrible pain, but pain all the time none the less. I also have a rib hump tat I hate hate hate. I'm very self conscious about it and it is getting tothe point where even seeing a magazine with a picture of a bare back makes me choke up and want to cry because I feel like the hunchback of notre dame. I don't like going out with friends, or being around people because I feel like people are looking at me and can tell that I have scoliosis etc. It is ruining my life. I'm on several anti-depressants not necessarily because of the scoliosis but the scoliosis is one major concern and stressor! My rib hump also causes me a LOT of pain! It feels like it is going to poke through my skin and sometimes I get a burning sensation in that area!
Anyway if the curves have progressed I am most likely going to have the surgery. I have no idea what to expect or even if the doctors will perform surgery on me because my curve is not as extreme as others'. I'm sure my psychologist will testify that it is causing me extreme emotional anguish. My mother tells me NOT to have the surgery because I'll be in a full body cast for a year or possibly paralyzed for life?! Then I read about people who have the surgery and it takes them about a month to recover and they are fine. What gives?
I was crying at work today about my back and so I decided to post. I hate scoliosis. I really do. I don't even feel like a human being. I feel like some sort of creepy monster.
I'm a 26 woman and I have had scoliosis since I was 13. Iwas braced until age 16. anyway I just had xrays taken in 2002 (when I was 22) and they showed that the curve had progressed to 37 degrees thoracic and 33 degrees lumbar. I have to get more Xrays this year and I am almost positive htey will show that the curve has progressed. I have back pain all day every day. Not horrible pain, but pain all the time none the less. I also have a rib hump tat I hate hate hate. I'm very self conscious about it and it is getting tothe point where even seeing a magazine with a picture of a bare back makes me choke up and want to cry because I feel like the hunchback of notre dame. I don't like going out with friends, or being around people because I feel like people are looking at me and can tell that I have scoliosis etc. It is ruining my life. I'm on several anti-depressants not necessarily because of the scoliosis but the scoliosis is one major concern and stressor! My rib hump also causes me a LOT of pain! It feels like it is going to poke through my skin and sometimes I get a burning sensation in that area!
Anyway if the curves have progressed I am most likely going to have the surgery. I have no idea what to expect or even if the doctors will perform surgery on me because my curve is not as extreme as others'. I'm sure my psychologist will testify that it is causing me extreme emotional anguish. My mother tells me NOT to have the surgery because I'll be in a full body cast for a year or possibly paralyzed for life?! Then I read about people who have the surgery and it takes them about a month to recover and they are fine. What gives?
I was crying at work today about my back and so I decided to post. I hate scoliosis. I really do. I don't even feel like a human being. I feel like some sort of creepy monster.
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