So the chickens come home to roost – scoliosis
When this battle started, my life changed immediately and dramatically. I went from being a regular gym goer to sitting far too much. Trying to fight the good fight. Typing, researching, proofreading. Phone calls, emails. I spent to much time sitting, eating the wrong foods and/or at the wrong times. I put on weight and lost muscle tone. At my age, this is not a good thing.
Tonight I had an x-ray of my back. While I will not have the report until Wednesday, the radiographer showed me the film and said he is surprised I don’t have constant back pain from the scoliosis. I had a small curvature back in 2008, nothing that caused any problem though. Roll forward after 18 months of doing all the wrong things and it has worsened considerably. I don’t need to be a medical practitioner to see my spine sitting every which way but straight. I have no doubt that had I been able to keep living the same lifestyle I was living when I met my husband, I would not be in this position – at least not for many more years.
I’m not going to say too much more about my back from a medical perspective until I get the official report. Suffice to say the degeneration that has occurred and is irreversable (I doubt surgery will be possible with me as it is with adolescents) is, in my opinion, directly related to what I was put through. Yet as we already know, restitution of any sort is not possible under Australian law. So I just have to live with the damage and try as best I can to reduce the pace of the degeneration. Not only do I have to live with it, but so do my family.
I’ll write more on this when I know more. At the moment I am just angry. I was concerned that there would be permanent damage in some way as I knew how unwell I was during the fight to be reunited with my family. Let us hope I don’t find anything else. So now I have another fight on my hands – to save my back.
Yes, I guess DIAC can say it is my fault, that I shouldn’t have allowed myself to be traumatised by the events and let my body suffer. Easier said than done in my position.
I’ll try to stay calm until I see the professionals. I just can’t get the image of my spine out of my head right now.
This young lady didn’t let it get the better of her. Neither will I. http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/health+healing/news+features/living+with+scoliosis,9351
Gosh! I’m terribly sorry to read about your pain and the developments with your back. Oh dear… I will wait to hear more from you. But if this helps any, one of my kids got regular intensive physical therapy to help “correct” it and it has given her some relief. … Some gentle yoga postures can be helpful too. Be strong! I’m working on catching up again after a hectic workshop week again.
Glad to hear from you Elizabeth. I was actually wondering this morning if you were OK, as I know you too have some health problems and I noticd you had not been around much.
I picked up the x-rays and the osteopath’s letter to my GP last night, so I will make an appointment for this coming week with th GP and see what suggestions result.
I am working mostly on losing the weight I put on during the battle, as I believe that coupled with less physical exercise (loss of muscle tone), these are the two main drivers of the increased pain. Basically, the body can only take so much. Time to let it heal, methinks.
While your week was hectic, I am sure it went well!
Sorry to hear about this, Robyn.
Stay positive. Negative emotions will add stress to your life which you do NOT need right now. Ask the doctors LOTS of questions so that you have the answers you need about what to do from this point forward.
Thanks Nancy, for the sound advice. Lots of questions it will be asked, I can assure you. I need a plan of action. I’ll write about how go as there may be others out there that will find the information useful.
Just not something I needed right now, but I will cope. We will cope.
Sorry you’re in pain. Your ordeal has affected you in ways you never imagined. Take care.
Unfortunately, yes it has. Time to soldier on.
Hey Team O, sorry to hear your news mate.
I’ll get over the shock, I guess, in time and take up arms against the problem – but I was shocked last night. Maybe the deteriation would have happened anywhay, but I doubt it. I know how I was before and it isn’t that long ago! Of course, proving anything in court, even if there was a legal avenue which there isn’t, would be almost impossible, I think. You know, the “experts” on both sides would debate and the poor person in the middle, me, would be lost in endless rounds of legal arguments.
Sad situation.