- lun. mars 06, 2006 5:18 pm
#17628
Thank you all for your reactions. I try to tell some more about my scoliosis and i hope you understand it.
My scoliosis was found when i was twelve years old. At school we have gymnastics and after that i was changing my clothes. A friend of mine says that i have a ''hump' on my back.
When i came home, i said it to my parents. They took a look at my back and conclude the same as my friend; there was a 'hump' on my back. Next day we gone to see the doctor and he sended me to the hospital. There was another doctor and he told me i had scoliosis.
At that moment i had a scoliosis of 40 degrees. My doctor told me that i must have an bostonbrace. When i wore that brace for two months, i go to see the doctor again. He says that my scoliosis has been grown till 45 degrees, so i got another new bostonbrace. For i guess two years i had five of six new bostonbraces, but everytime my degrees are getting up.
When i had a scoliosis of 55 degrees (then i was 14 years old), my doctor asked me to do an operation. I didn't like the brace a lot, so the choice was easy; do the operation!
During the operation the doctor put ten vertebra fixed (sorry but i don't no how to explain), what means that my back is very stiff. But i didn't have a lot to complain about, cause i do everything i want to do. Mountainbiking, skiing, cycling, running, squash.... all i can do without any complaints.
If anyone has questions, please put them here!
Lots of love,
Anneke
