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Providing support and advice for people with scoliosis since May 2012. sc_online_t(266845,"Curvy People","170ddb"); Free Tumblr Online User Counter

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This is Emily aka the original creator of this blog. I don’t know if anyone who follows this even still uses Tumblr anymore. I haven’t been on Tumblr in YEARS. I think I started this account when I was like 13, and I don’t even know when I stopped being active. I’m so happy I never deleted the blog because I suddenly remembered to look to see if it still existed, and I have tears in my eyes. I don’t even think I realized back then how badly I needed this at that point in my life. I was struggling so so so badly with my scoliosis and because I didn’t know anybody who had scoliosis, I felt so alone. 

Like I said, I was 13 when I made this blog, and I am 21 now, so a LOT has changed.

In 2013, when I was 14 and a freshman in high school, I received spinal fusion surgery to correct my scoliosis. It was the BEST decision I have ever made. I have since recovered physically, but I’m now in counseling to help recover emotionally.

I also dealt with another medical issue on top of scoliosis that I also got surgery to fix when I was 17. I’m now in college studying music therapy so that I can hopefully work in a hospital supporting and helping kids with a variety of medical problems.

I just wanted to post to update and to see if anybody who followed still uses Tumblr. I can’t believe people continued to use this blog long after I became inactive - that’s honestly so amazing to me. 

Thank you for being there for me when I had nobody else.

-Emily

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Spinal fusion 🔩

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[drowning-in-drunk-sincerity]

wowwowow my spinal fusion surgery was 10 years ago today happy bday spine!!!

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[savagearchangelforthewin-deacti]

Hey there!

Guess what?

Next month (June) is Scoliosis Awareness Month!!!

I want to spread awareness!!!!! What I wanted to do was a 30 day Scoliosis Awareness “challenge” (i lack a better word)

For every day in the month of June, people can post one or more things that are related to scoliosis and raise awareness for it.

That includes (but is certainly not limited to!): - drawings - writing (stories, poetry) - dances - music - your personal story with scoliosis (whether you have it or someone close to you does!) Hell, id even be interested in seeing makeup stuff LITERALLY ANYTHING RELATED TO SCOLIOSIS IS WELCOME

GREEN IS THE COLOR FOR SCOLIOSIS AWARENESS

Being someone who has scoliosis (though it is mild), id love to know that more people know what it is.

If you participate, tag me in what you did! I’d love to see it!!!!! And if you could boost this, that would be amazing and lovely. (However, I do NOT want this to become one of those posts where people guilt you into reblogging)

If you have any questions about this “challenge”, feel free to message me. Unfortunately, there is no prize at the end of this other than my undying affection.

Thank you! That’s all. Love ya!

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Yukari by Ayu

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ok I’m an 18 year old girl and I find my back hurting sometimes from the stress of everyday life.

but I found something, that really helps. 

something you can do yourself, without having to spend any money!

take a tennis ball/basketball, any small spherical object and do this

against a wall, move your back in circular motions around points of tension.

it feels good and can really de-stress a person. 

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@scoliosisconfessions @scoliosispositivity @scolilife @scoliosissupport @scoliosis-fighters @scolistrong

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Important please read and respond!!!

If anyone has had a lower spinal fusion please respond with some information about it. I have someone, a friend, who has asked me questions about it but I am unable to find any real information on it. So if you have had this surgery or know about it then please message me or reblog this with your experience. Thank you!

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I go to see my scoli doctor in january to see if im done growing. If im done growing i dont need brace anymore. Im kinda nervous.

Stay positive! I hope all goes well :)

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so i have a 30 degree curve, and i found out its going down! im 5'1 but if i didnt have scoliosis i would be 5'4, god i feel so short. i always have to sleep with it, but luckily its comfortable because it has nice padding! also, i have some advice. if you want to breathe or eat nicely, ask the manufacturer to put a stomach hole in the brace!! it makes it way easier.

I’m so happy that it’s going down!

Thanks for the advice!!

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Hello, is there anyone of you playing the Cajon? I've never played one but I'm planning to, and I'm not sure if I should do this with scoliosis :/ (28 degrees, 18 yo, no brace and no surgery) It's a rare question but maybe there's someone out there who can help me out?

Can anyone help this anon!?  Message me if you have any advice!

Thanks!!!

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I need some help!

Hi! My name is Emmy. When I was in third grade I was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis. Now I’m 18 years old and have been treated with a Boston brace for 3 years and had a spinal fusion (my spine had a 53 degree curve before)

I’m writing about Idiopathic scoliosis in a big school project, and I would love to include other peoples experiences with scoliosis! So, if you wold likte to help me out and answer 7 questions (You don’t have to write long answers if you don’t have time for it) about your scoliosis, please message me and I will send them to you! It would mean a lot to me :)

Love from Sweden!

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scoliosis ˌskōlēˈōsis/ abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.

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June is scoliosis awareness month, and since I’ve been gone for a bit here due to scoliosis and its many joys, it only seems fair to you guys to explain a little.

This is me after my first 5k, three years after my first surgery to put rods and screws in to correct my curved spine, three years after the surgery to re-screw the screw the surgeon had forgotten to screw in, and only two months after a hit-or-miss experimental surgery for what appeared to be Baastrup’s disease, which is almost unheard of. (The old scar covers my whole back up to my shoulders and is about two feet long)

There’s light in all of this, though. I get to feel extremely close and related to taylorswift. As she said, I’ve ‘still got scars on my back from your knife,’ Dr. John.

It just seems I keep getting stabbed in the back, ya know?

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