Scoliosis

Recovery (more of it)

So now it's August 21, it's been 3 and a half weeks, and I have some exciting news...
I'm going back to school in exactly a week!
I'm going to have 3 weeks of work to catch up on, which will be shit, but oh well. I never really liked school and personally I think the education system is shit (that's a rant for another day), but regardless, I'm glad to get back, if for no other reason than to be out of the house and seeing my friends again.

I'm making a bit of progress anyways. I stopped using the walker after 2 weeks, I've been out to a few stores, and I can do all the basics myself (showering/clothes/getting in and out of bed...).

It'll definitely do me some good to be back with my friends. It's hard not to get down and beat yourself up when you have zero human contact and are constantly in pain and just in general feel shitty. A couple weeks ago, it was hard to imagine that I would even be able to get out of bed on my own ever again, so it is hard to stay positive. But for the most part I've kept that to myself, and I have made a lot of progress. I'm going out to see some of my friends later this week for the first time since way before surgery, which will be amazing.

I'm still in quite a bit of pain, but overall it's getting better. I still don't quite know whether I'm glad I had the operation, whether it was worth the amount of pain, but it's over and done with now, so I might as well try to be happy about it.

It's extremely odd to look in the mirror and see the scar; it runs from the bottom of my neck down almost to my butt. And it's equally odd to look at before and after x rays, to see how crooked my bones were and how different 2 rods and 27 screws made it. I went from 3 curves (around 52, 56, and 62 degrees ish) to 0, and it's honestly shocking.

Overall I think I'm glad I had it done. I think. At least now I won't die an early death from my spine eventually crushing my lungs, so that's good. I just wish they had a way to make it so the pain wasn't so many times worse than childbirth. Seriously I'm 16, I don't need that much pain.

Anyway, sorry this update is all over the place, and short. It's late and I'm running on very little sleep so I'm probably a bit scatter brained (not that I slept much before surgery but ya know now it's worse), apologies.
Hopefully some of this made sense. As always, feel free to tell your story in the comments, and feel free to message me with any questions, or if you're starting with a brace/going into surgery and want any advice.
Stay strong scolis xx