Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 , Your friend has a good Humor. lolol. The saying at the bottom is so very true. Robbin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 I was on the stryker in the hospital only-came home in ther back of a station wagon laying down then was put in a hospital bed downstairs so my mom did not have to run up and down the stairs. My dad made a table high enough so I could adjust myself in the bed to get my hair washed. This ony lasted a month as I could not stay in bed-hell I was 16 and had a boyfriend and some other girl might steal him away-you know how we thought back then. I found a way of getting out of bed cast and all and never looked back. I rode the Greyhound bus two and a half hours to Toronto to get the cast removed. Then I got the beautiful full body brace for 6 months. When I had the body cast on my dad took a measuring stick with some soft sandpaper on it so I could scratch any itches I got under the cast. I also had the hole for breathing and my friends painted th cast to look like a jungle theme. I remember the Doctor who did the surgery tell my parents and myself that I probably have one of the stronger backs after surgery then anyone because I did not listen to him and I forced myself to move forward although he said he did not recommend what I did to anyone else. I have a picture of myself with the body brace on playing softball on the girls league-we even one the championship and I was the pitcher on the team. Hell you girls have brought back alot of memories,>> OMG Beth, I haven't thought of "MiniPoo" in about a half century! > Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I didn't get any doctor house > calls while laid up, but did get regular visits from a PRIEST, thanks > to my devout Catholic mother. I think a physical therapist to help > keep my unused leg muscles from withering would have done more good, > but that didn't seem to be an option in the early 1960s.> I agree about teenage suffering strengthening our character. I guess > my issue is that I went thru all that misery thinking it was worth it > because I'd be "cured," but here I am, still dealing with the scoli > devil all these decades later. Can't help wondering if I'd have been > better off never having surgery at all---unknowable, of course.> Would love to hear from any other veterans of the old Riser cast days.>> --ann>> > > >> > > Wow, ! Yes, I well remember the brush rollers that we > slept on. As far as the panty girdles, you forgot to mention the > stockings we wore that had to be attached by the garters on the legs > of the girdle. I still have my hippie peace buttons and fringed > purses.I went to a small preppy college and was so glad that the > fasions of the day hid my curves. I had a lot of empire waist and > shift dresses. No one ever knew I had scoliosis.> > >> > > Kids made fun of me in high school because I had to wear this > corset like thing and had many notes taped to my back since I couldn't > feel anything. I was also made fun of for the heavy orthopedic shoes > and support hose that I had to wear every day. Other than those awful > four years, no one ever knew I had a twisted spine.> > >> >>> ------------------------------------Support for scoliosis-surgery veterans with flatback syndrome caused by spinal hardware. Not medical advice. Group does not control ads at site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Beth, You do have a great sense of humor. Some people might have been more inclined to cry or cuss than to laugh, though. What lousy luck that on top of surgery and casts, you had to deal with an NG tube to relieve your G.I. distress. It's funny, but I never had a hole cut in the front of any of my casts. I've always wondered why some surgical groups did that and others didn't. It sounds as if you had a terrifically supportive family and church youth group -- what a blessing. Is your friend Diane bucking for sainthood? I wonder if you have kept in touch with her. Ah, yes, Toni home perms and bobby pins and that loathesome Minipoo. I could still sing the jingle if I had to: " If you can't shampoo -- Minipoo! " I bet you could accompany me on the piano. What a bunch of troopers we all are. I almost think this group could move a mountain. I love the experiences we've been sharing in response to Ann's question -- beautiful, harrowing, colorful, awesome, downright inspiring narratives like yours, which are, indeed, way stranger than fiction. Your steadfast admirer, > > > > Wow, ! Yes, I well remember the brush rollers that we slept on. As far as the panty girdles, you forgot to mention the stockings we wore that had to be attached by the garters on the legs of the girdle. I still have my hippie peace buttons and fringed purses.I went to a small preppy college and was so glad that the fasions of the day hid my curves. I had a lot of empire waist and shift dresses. No one ever knew I had scoliosis. > > > > Kids made fun of me in high school because I had to wear this corset like thing and had many notes taped to my back since I couldn't feel anything. I was also made fun of for the heavy orthopedic shoes and support hose that I had to wear every day. Other than those awful four years, no one ever knew I had a twisted spine. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Hi, Ann -- I guess this reply is slightly belated. Just want to say that it's great to see you posting here -- please post some more! I have wondered the same thing you have: What if I had never had that first fusion? I once saw a young woman from southeast Asia, working in a restaurant, who clearly had untreated scoliosis. She was severely, shockingly crippled. It was heartbreaking. My own curvature at age 13 was fairly pronounced and relentlessly progressive, so I suspect that in my case I might not have fared well without the surgery. My big mistake (I suspect) was having the second fusion in my thirties for " scoliotic deterioration " below the termination of the first fusion. That was when I first acquired instrumentation -- the [in]famous H. rod -- and the rest, as they say, is history. (At the time I had the earlier fusion, they were not yet offering the H. rod to scoliotic patients who had not had polio.) Best, > > > > > > Wow, ! Yes, I well remember the brush rollers that we slept on. As far as the panty girdles, you forgot to mention the stockings we wore that had to be attached by the garters on the legs of the girdle. I still have my hippie peace buttons and fringed purses.I went to a small preppy college and was so glad that the fasions of the day hid my curves. I had a lot of empire waist and shift dresses. No one ever knew I had scoliosis. > > > > > > Kids made fun of me in high school because I had to wear this corset like thing and had many notes taped to my back since I couldn't feel anything. I was also made fun of for the heavy orthopedic shoes and support hose that I had to wear every day. Other than those awful four years, no one ever knew I had a twisted spine. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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