Not rude, but...
I do not get rude questions, the comments I hear the most, are "you know they have ways to straighten your back/spine." or "sometimes it is better to leave things alone (implying surgery should have not been done.)
I respond to the first comment with "my curve had been at about 100 degrees, it is now about 60 degrees. My spine is solid bone, there is nothing more that can be done. I was 13 when I developed scoli, it progressed rapidly, and I had surgery when I was 13.
For the second comment, I reply that had I not had the surgery I probably would be dead by now because my ribs were pressing on my lung and heart.
I am now 57 years old with arthritis in my lower back and hips, due in part, to my scoli.
I try to make these opportunities as learning experience for the person making the comment, but, in a way it saddens me.
Best wishes!
I do not get rude questions, the comments I hear the most, are "you know they have ways to straighten your back/spine." or "sometimes it is better to leave things alone (implying surgery should have not been done.)
I respond to the first comment with "my curve had been at about 100 degrees, it is now about 60 degrees. My spine is solid bone, there is nothing more that can be done. I was 13 when I developed scoli, it progressed rapidly, and I had surgery when I was 13.
For the second comment, I reply that had I not had the surgery I probably would be dead by now because my ribs were pressing on my lung and heart.
I am now 57 years old with arthritis in my lower back and hips, due in part, to my scoli.
I try to make these opportunities as learning experience for the person making the comment, but, in a way it saddens me.
Best wishes!
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