As ever gerbo you are the voice of reason. I enjoy reading your posts. I like you didn't think structural was actualy talking about anyone in paticular and was making a general statement about the lack of education about scoliosis and the skeletal system in his country. You are lucky though because in the UK the education system is worse. Having gone through numerous Drs over the years it took until i was 36 to learn that i suffered from Kyphosis. Now you could argue that its my own fault for not looking too deeply into my condition and if you did i couldn't argue with you because it is. But when you go to so called experts and they tell you there is nothing they can do for you, you just get on living your life. When i was diagnosed there was no altenative treatments, surgery was to my knowledge the only answer and i was told i was not a candidate.
I think (going completly of topic) that screening programmes and education programmes are the answer. If a nurse had picked up my condition in school and there had been a process in place to refer me to a scoliosis/kyphosis specialist and not just a general orthopedic surgeon things may be different and i wouldn't be dragging this enormous lump on my back around. I have now come to terms with how i look but it has been a slow process. Coming to sites like this and finding i'm not the only one in the world who looks like me helped. I thought i was the only one and reading other peoples experiences has been very theraputic.
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I think (going completly of topic) that screening programmes and education programmes are the answer. If a nurse had picked up my condition in school and there had been a process in place to refer me to a scoliosis/kyphosis specialist and not just a general orthopedic surgeon things may be different and i wouldn't be dragging this enormous lump on my back around. I have now come to terms with how i look but it has been a slow process. Coming to sites like this and finding i'm not the only one in the world who looks like me helped. I thought i was the only one and reading other peoples experiences has been very theraputic.
peace
z
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