my story
i don't ever remember having problems with walking or doing any physical activity. to this day i don't have chronic back pain or any other problems with my health in general. i had heard about scoliosis from my classmate. she had scoliosis and she wore a back brace all throughout 7th grade. i never thought I'd have the same problem as her. but during winter break my mom noticed that my spine is strange: my hips are uneven and one side of my back is bulkier than the other. we went to my local clynic which didn't have a spine doctor but a nurse looked at my spine and said that something is wrong and we need to get x-rays.on february 8th, me, my mom and my doctor were sitting in his office, waiting for my x-rays to load so we could see my spine for the first time. i was staring at the wall in front of me when my mom gasped. she saw this
a perfectly symmetrical curve is what i like to call this. 39 degrees on both right and left sides. for me, i wasn't scared at all. I've never felt any pain so i wasn't taking this as a serious illness. the doctor said that surgery might become a solution one day but before that we have to try bracing. they sent us to another clynic to get a mold of my upper body. on february 13th they made the mold (which was weird since they wrapped me in some wet stuff which then dried) and exactly a month later me and my mom went back to the clinic to make the final adjustments to the brace. we were told to return to the clinic 2 hours later when it would be completely finished. my doctor put it on me and i immediately realised that this is gonna be torture. i couldn't breathe and it felt like someone was hugging me really tight. i couldn't even walk from the clinic back home (which is 15 minutes away). on the next day i almost fainted at school but it took me about a week to get adjusted to it. now it simply hurts and makes me sad and unproductive. i absolutely hate this thing and how it makes me feel but i can do nothing but hope for the best. my doctor says that my growth plates will close in 2 years but i don't think I'll be able to wear this shit for more than a year. the only reason I'm wearing it is that my parents paid a lot of money for it and i don't want to waste it. also i don't want it to get too bad so that I'll need surgery. i don't think i would ever get a surgery though, because i don't have chronic pain or any insecurities regarding my body not being completely symmetrical. i plan on becoming a data scientist so i don't see how my back being curvy would influence my career badly. i really don't need a back brace and i hate it but there's nothing i can do now.
if you have any questions feel free to ask me
