One More Day..

Until I am finally 3 months post-op!! I will finally be able to twist, bend and have some mobility to my robotic body. I am so glad that I haven't had too many problems so far, and if everything continues to go to plan I won't be seeing my surgeon for another 3 months :) Let's hope that nothing happens.

If I think about it today, I feel sooo much better than I did one or two months post-op. I have been making sure to take each day as it comes, and I definitely am trying not to overdo anything! I have come to know my limits, so if something starts to hurt me I sit right back down, relax and get comfortable in front of the tv :) I have to admit, I still have some pain, but it is nothing like what I had throughout the first month after surgery where I was taking 8 or more tablets a day plus other liquid medicine! :) I'm now down to one tablet before bed, and I think I soon may be able to come off of that and just take tablets when I feel I need them :)

I also still have numbness but my doctor told me that is nothing to worry about. However, he said if I had it up to a year post-op there is a good chance it will be sticking around for ever! I don't mind too much though, there are worse things in life, and the only time it bothers me is when I'm itchy! 

I am really glad that I can now look at my experience with a bit of happiness, rather than being very negative about it. At first I did wonder why I had the surgery if it meant I may need more in the future, but then again, I was told if I didn't have it I would become a lot more deformed and struggle through life. Now when I look back, I am really happy I did have the surgery, even if I did have a lot of pain, as it has given me a new life which I wouldn't have had without it. Of course I will never know what life would have been like without surgery, but the matter of fact is that I really don't need to think about that life, as I have had surgery, and I'm not doing to bad so far :) Being negative about the surgery and the pain really did get me upset and I felt pretty low, so taking on a positive attitude has really helped me. I hope it may help some other people who originally felt the way I did! I found having really great people around you to be of support helped lighten my spirits :) I can't thank everyone enough who has helped me, and some of you probably don't even realise you have! Even the little things like carrying a book for me I count as a great form of help!

In the next month I would:

- Like to get in to bed by myself (those blankets on my bed are tooo heavy)

- Like to go back to my casual job slowly

- Like to go for a drive of some form

- Like to thank my mum lots and lots

- Hope my sister loves her birthday presents, and I need to thank her for her help too!

I'm sure if I don't overdo anything, I can complete all these things and more!

Love,

Ebony

(It's Friday the 13th today, so I'm hoping no one who is superstitious who has had the surgery is doing anything dangerous :) Stay safe!)

I've got your back

I found this picture on one of the scoliosis pages on facebook and it was used to raise awareness for scoliosis throughout Scoliosis Awareness Month. Even though the month is over, I still really do believe that the Forward Bend Test needs to be reinforced into schools to help people everywhere be diagnosed with scoliosis before it could be to late for any other option to fix it other than surgery. I know if it wasn't for my mum having scoliosis and her getting me to do the forward bend test for her, I may not have gone to my local doctor and then have been referred to my surgeon - and I really can't imagine the pain I could still be in! In my case I had no choice but to have surgery, as my curves were both already over 50 degrees - and that was with 2 years left of development (meaning my curves could have reached about 100 degrees by the end of my development if they kept progressing at the rate they were). So people everywhere, if you have a family history of scoliosis, or just want to make sure you don't have it, it isn't very hard to take ten minutes out of your life just to make sure. Help make others aware of this and prevent others having no choice but surgery like I had!