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That Journal Where I Whine About Serious Shit
17 years ago
So, yeah, I have scoliosis. If you don't know, that's a disorder where you spine curves in unnatural ways. That means that my spine look-a kinda like this, http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/29.....kipreopid1.jpg. I've known about this for a while, but I haven't really told too many people on the internet since it really isn't your problem. I just thought I'd bitch for once.
Anyway, I have a pretty bad case of scoliosis. There are two curves in my spine, like in the picture above. The top curve is about 60 degrees, while the lower is about 55 degrees. That's definitely not good, and causes me some pain in my back, my hip, as well as causing some breathing trouble. This means that I need surgery, surgery where they fuse parts of my spine together, which may confine my movement a little bit. If I don't have it treated, then it would get progressively worse, 1 degree a year according to doctors. What bugs me even more about all this is that scoliosis (or at least serious cases of it) is far more common in females than it is in males. I shouldn't even have this! To be fair, my mom has it, my aunt has it, and one of my sisters have it. However, they don't have it as bad as I do and have never needed surgery for it.
In order to prepare for this surgery, I have to do a bunch of stuff that I really don't want to do. I have to give 3 units of blood, and since I have somewhat of a fear of needles, that's not going to be very fun for me. I can only donate one unit of blood per visit, so I have to do it three times, 7 days in between. During the time I'm giving blood, the doctors recommend that I take iron pills 3 times a day, which may have side effects like constipation! Yaaaaay! I also have to get into some physical therapy, which I'm told I should go two times a week for $30 a pop! I also need to see my primary doctor again before the surgery, and I don't like her very much.
When the day for surgery finally comes, which I should mention is January 31, the day after my birthday, it's approximately going to be an eight hour operation! That just scares me. Having some people I don't know working inside of me and readjusting my spine for 8 hours is pretty serious business, so I think I have the right to be a little bit scared. I've never had any surgery before, so that doesn't really help either. What if one of them is having a really off day and they fuck up and kill me? Woops! What if the anesthetic doesn't keep me under? Ouch! Yeah, neither of those are very likely to happen...
After the operation, I'm told I'm going to be in intensive care for a few days. That's also a bit scary. My mom and my sister say they're going to be there for me, though, which is kind of heart warming, but I don't really want them to because I'm not sure where they'll be staying. After I get out of the hospital, I'll probably still have to stay in bed for a few weeks. I really hope I'll have enough energy to play Super Smash Brothers Brawl when it comes out!
... Yeah, even when there's bigger things at hand, I can't stop thinking about Brawl. I'm pretty pathetic.
Anyway, I have a pretty bad case of scoliosis. There are two curves in my spine, like in the picture above. The top curve is about 60 degrees, while the lower is about 55 degrees. That's definitely not good, and causes me some pain in my back, my hip, as well as causing some breathing trouble. This means that I need surgery, surgery where they fuse parts of my spine together, which may confine my movement a little bit. If I don't have it treated, then it would get progressively worse, 1 degree a year according to doctors. What bugs me even more about all this is that scoliosis (or at least serious cases of it) is far more common in females than it is in males. I shouldn't even have this! To be fair, my mom has it, my aunt has it, and one of my sisters have it. However, they don't have it as bad as I do and have never needed surgery for it.
In order to prepare for this surgery, I have to do a bunch of stuff that I really don't want to do. I have to give 3 units of blood, and since I have somewhat of a fear of needles, that's not going to be very fun for me. I can only donate one unit of blood per visit, so I have to do it three times, 7 days in between. During the time I'm giving blood, the doctors recommend that I take iron pills 3 times a day, which may have side effects like constipation! Yaaaaay! I also have to get into some physical therapy, which I'm told I should go two times a week for $30 a pop! I also need to see my primary doctor again before the surgery, and I don't like her very much.
When the day for surgery finally comes, which I should mention is January 31, the day after my birthday, it's approximately going to be an eight hour operation! That just scares me. Having some people I don't know working inside of me and readjusting my spine for 8 hours is pretty serious business, so I think I have the right to be a little bit scared. I've never had any surgery before, so that doesn't really help either. What if one of them is having a really off day and they fuck up and kill me? Woops! What if the anesthetic doesn't keep me under? Ouch! Yeah, neither of those are very likely to happen...
After the operation, I'm told I'm going to be in intensive care for a few days. That's also a bit scary. My mom and my sister say they're going to be there for me, though, which is kind of heart warming, but I don't really want them to because I'm not sure where they'll be staying. After I get out of the hospital, I'll probably still have to stay in bed for a few weeks. I really hope I'll have enough energy to play Super Smash Brothers Brawl when it comes out!
... Yeah, even when there's bigger things at hand, I can't stop thinking about Brawl. I'm pretty pathetic.
That really sucks though D: 3 pints of blood is definitely going to kick your ass all over the place >.<
Best of luck bud *hugs*