Personal Narrative: Scoliosis

“When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.” ~ Unknown
Let me take you through my journey on my diagnoses and what comes with it. Scoliosis is a disease that cannot be cured and anyone who has it will always have it. Scoliosis is the lateral curve of the spine which basically means your back is not straight and it goes sideways or in my case kinda like an s. I was first diagnosed with scoliosis when I started complaining to my mom and dad that my back was really starting to hurt before a big softball game. If anyone knows my dad he always tells me to suck it up and don't think about it. Which I did and I stuck with it until the game started. I was the pitcher for my softball team, this game was a big game for us
Myung. I did the same x-rays and everything but this time when she called me back she didn't have good news for me. She told me that I had curved even more and that my back was at a 53 and she wasn't below 50 or we have to have surgery on it. At this point my eyes were filled with tears I didn't want to have surgery causae that's a big deal to have surgery in general but especially on your back! We talked and talked and talked and she said everything was going to be alright and that a whole bunch of kids have gone through this same [process and she had a couple of kids she wanted me to talk to. Its great that she wanted me to talk to these kids because she said you gain friends from talking to them and the girls that she wanted me to talk to were in all the same sports as me. This made my heart feel warm because I trusted her. The surgery would take about 6 hours, i would be in the hospital for 3 days, I wouldn't be able to come to school for 2 weeks but when I do come back I am only allowed to go half days for about a month or more. I will be out of sports for about a year or whenever I am fully