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Scoliosis Anyone?

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has dealt with scoliosis.

But I thought I would give out my story...

I was diagnosed with severe scoliosis when I was 10 years old. It was so bad that I had to have anterior and posterior spinal fusion surgery. I have 2 rods in my spine and a rib and parts of my hip bone in there to fuse the vertebrae. Also there's some bone from the bone bank, which is kinda creepy for me to think about. I had to wear a brace for 8 months afterwards. I was a major tomboy and played basketball so it wasn't too fun. I also couldn't participate in gym or recess with the exception of swinging on the swing and sliding down the slide. Kinda boring.

Now I know there are probably tons of people who have it worse than I do so I want to make it clear that I'm not trying to win any contest by explaining my hardships. I just want to give people something to relate to if needed.

Now I'm 19 and I think I have fared well through the past 9 years. But it never gets too easy and I still get self-conscious about scars and just the fact that I sit up so straight. But I am forever thankful that I had the surgery. I don't know how long I would have made it if I hadn't had it.

So I will probably use this blog to give out a little insight to how I coped and continue to cope with this disease.

Please feel free to comment. But I can only give advice based on my experiences... I am not a doctor

Posted by Evita on 2008-12-11 01:17:51 | Rating:

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If you mean the bone baNk then I'm pretty certain it's donated bone, but that was in 2000. I'm not familiar with the treatment today... it changes so quickly.

Posted by Evita on 2008-12-11 21:42:30

Welcome to Thoughts Evita... I look forward to reading about your journey. :)

Posted by heatherslife on 2008-12-13 16:49:46

ITS THE WILL,
WILL OF GOD,
SOME HAVE GOLD ,
SOME EVEN DONT HAVE,
MONEY FOR THE BITE TO HOLD,
IN THE TIMES OF LIFE,
STRUGGLE IS ONLY THING WE NEED,
TO FORGET THE THINGS,
CAST AND CREED,
RELIGION AND BREED,
COME UP AND SAY,
SAY AND SAY IT LOUD,
OH MY GOD ,
GIVE ME SUFFERING,
SO THAT I CAN SEE HOW MUCH I CAN HOLD,
LET ME SEE HOW MUCH I M BOLD,
COZ ONE THING IN MY HEART ,
I BEHOLD,
THAT IS I M NOT SOIL,
I WONT MOLD,
I WONT ,COME DOWN AND SEE
HOW I MLIVING,
WAT I BEHOLD,
THAT IT IS THE WILL OF GOD,
SOME HAVE GOLD.....

Posted by ROHIT_GANGOTIA on 2008-12-28 01:03:18