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Scoliosis.. my experience

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I wish I had written down exactly what I was feeling when I was going through all the tests and xrays and my brace.. mostly what I remembered was feeling scared and ashamed that my body wasn't perfect.. and I just wanted to share what I remember about my experience. I was about 11 or 12 years old and i was in puberty and it was a very rough time for me, well for any girl at that time.. my body was changing I felt ugly and I was the oldest out of all my friends.. I already had glasses and braces.. so if you can imagine my self esteem was on the rocks. But I was at a routine checkup at my pediatrician and she noticed that my hips were uneven.. she said it probably wasn't anything but that she wanted us to go see a specialist. I remember my mom being freaked out and upset.. now for this whole process my parents did not have health insurance.. they paid for everything out of pocket.. and this stuff can get pretty expenshttp://www.blogger.com/ive. But we went and we met with the spe

Day 2

So obviously I haven't been keeping up with this... there has been a lot of things to occupy my time. . First of all being my search for a job.. I have applied in many places and it is just frustrating.. I am willing to work any day except for Sunday and I would even be willing to work at EVERY hour of the day. And I have a car to transport myself, so to not get a job, when I would give it my 100%, its just soo frustrating! Right now I am dog sitting for a lady at my church and I am also looking after her two dogs. It is a very different experience.. I miss my cat.. he doesn't bark and he keeps himself clean. And most of all I just miss cuddling with him in my own room in my bed.. you never know how much you love your home until you leave... It has been 9 days that I have been here.. and I am enjoying it for the most part. But the neighbors being loud and not having my cat are the bad things. The good things are I can stay up to all hours of the night, I can cook what I want, I