lucytocks33 said on 07 November 2011
my name is lucy and i am 13 years old and i was diagnosed with scoliosis 2 years ago from now when i went to go see my doctor about somthing completly differnt and he told me to bend forward and noticed a curve in my back and ever since then i have been refered to Norwich hospital and was told i have 3 curves in my back and the middle curve is quite major id say and i was going to go for an oporation but more nearer the time i was told to loose about 10-15 killoes in a few months and i couldnt really do it verry well instead i gained weight and they told me if i was over weight whilt having the operation i would more likly loose twice the amount of blood and could posibly die on the table or if anything whent wrong i could be in a wheelchair for life and i really didnt want to take that risk so i held it back for a year and in a few months i shall go back and x-ray my back to see how much has changed since my last x-ray and then take it from there. im am only worried about if i get older that my back may get much worse and if i wan to have chilldren that could make things awkward for me or somthing iv seen most websites saying that the curve stops growing as you become an adult but they are only really for small curves and mine is verry big and i suffer from bad back pains every day but even if i have the operation it still wont take the pain away right now at the age i am i dont really think about my back unless it aches but the only thing i ever worry about is the feature and wonder why i get picked on by the other girls because im not the same shape as them and im am verry cautious about my back and dont like to show any of it off if i can the only reason i was thinking of having the operation was cosmetic reasons and now i just think that is a stupid thing to do. i hate being like this, i hate being different, why did i have to be the odd one out, im look terrible now with my back at an awkward posision i was beautiful as a child what happened to that girl :'(
