Posted By: Jenn UK
Posted On: Aug 4, 2008
Views: 1136
| Surgery & after.
I had surgery aged 14 back in 1976, Harrington rod inserted then back to
school in a hideous bulky plastercast for 6 months, followed by a
Milwalkie brace for a further 6 months. I will never forget the
fabulous feeling when it was finally removed; I felt so light & free,
but also a little fragile - until I got used to it.
I sufferered terrible neck and lower back pain in my early 20's; but now
in my mid 40's I am quite fit and healthy. I do find that regular
visits to the gym keep me supple & mainly pain free. I know that if I
am in a draught I will get neck ache, and if I lift anything too heavy I
will have back pain. The only thing I cannot resolve is that I have
Achillies tendonitis (which ended my running), and pain in the back of
my knee, both on the same leg. I saw a podiatrist who said that this is
due to the remaining curve throwing my hip out of line, so one leg takes
more strain; nothing I do in the gym seems to make it better or worse,
lazing on a beach does not seem to make it any better, so I guess it is
just caused by day to day walking, it is niggling but not unbearable.
On the whole I feel lucky to have been able to have sugery, without it
my breathing would have been affected.
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