Scoliosis?!
Question: Scoliosis!?
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In 1984, I was diagnosed with scoliosis when I was 12 during one of those junior high screenings!. I was very scared at first, but got in with a good group of doctors at Shriner's Hospital and they put me so at ease!. I wore a Wilmington brace from under my arms to just over my hips for 10 mo!., then had surgery shortly before I turned 14 (1985)!. They prefer that you have had your period for two years before they do it to let you grow as much as you can, but my curve was getting too severe!. My top curve was fused using stainless Steel Harrington rods and bone chips from my hip!. I had to go back into a brace about a year after my surgery for 10 mos!. because my bottom curve was not completely stabilized!.
Here's a few things I hope will help!.
Liking your brace!.!.!.The first few nights, it was hard too fall asleep in the brace!. Once you get used to it, sleeping wasn't too bad!. But now, some days if I'm feeling a little achy, I miss it!. You could be lazy and let the brace do the support work your muscles usually do!.
The braces!.!.!.oh, how figure flattering they are, not! You'll have to adjust your size!. Some braces are larger than others, some more visible than others!. Being where mine was, axilla to hips, it wasn't very visible!. I wore loose flowy tops in the warm weather, and sweat shirts and sweaters in the cool!. Check out plus size or maternity clothes)!. Pants and shorts had to go up a size or you can uses one of those expand a waist button extender things!. The first few nights, it's hard too fall asleep in a brace!. But some days if I'm feeling a little achy, I miss it!. You could be lazy and let the brace do the support work your muscles usually do!.
Hot weather in a brace!.!.!.Like you I was only allowed out an hour a day!. I stayed inside as much as possible (although our AC broke one summer, ugh!)!. Read, go to movies (it's always freezing in our cinema), the library, shopping, etc!.
-On mild days, I laid on the floor in front of an open sliding glass door, the breeze would blow in a little between the brace and my skin
Here's a few things I hope will help!.
Liking your brace!.!.!.The first few nights, it was hard too fall asleep in the brace!. Once you get used to it, sleeping wasn't too bad!. But now, some days if I'm feeling a little achy, I miss it!. You could be lazy and let the brace do the support work your muscles usually do!.
The braces!.!.!.oh, how figure flattering they are, not! You'll have to adjust your size!. Some braces are larger than others, some more visible than others!. Being where mine was, axilla to hips, it wasn't very visible!. I wore loose flowy tops in the warm weather, and sweat shirts and sweaters in the cool!. Check out plus size or maternity clothes)!. Pants and shorts had to go up a size or you can uses one of those expand a waist button extender things!. The first few nights, it's hard too fall asleep in a brace!. But some days if I'm feeling a little achy, I miss it!. You could be lazy and let the brace do the support work your muscles usually do!.
Hot weather in a brace!.!.!.Like you I was only allowed out an hour a day!. I stayed inside as much as possible (although our AC broke one summer, ugh!)!. Read, go to movies (it's always freezing in our cinema), the library, shopping, etc!.
-On mild days, I laid on the floor in front of an open sliding glass door, the breeze would blow in a little between the brace and my skin
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