Scoliosis affects all ages: infants, children, adolescents, and adults. About 80% of scoliosis cases are called adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Idiopathic means the...
I'd like to talk a little bit about how music has affected my life. Music lets me escape my reality and enter a world where I am loved and the world is a beautiful place. I am taken away by my music and feel the love the person singing a love song must have felt while writing the song. I don't just hear music, I feel it, for me it is an emotional experience. Not just with certain songs bu...
Monday, July 21, 2008 – 6:50 P.M. My sister (Alice) and I had a very good session with my therapist (Dale) at the mental health clinic today. I now believe that Alice understands how important it is for me to have close family ties. I am sure that both Alice and Dale realize that I am having a great deal of emotional pain because my brother (Lee) and I are no longer close to one an...
Thursday, August 21, 2008 – 6:40 P.M. Somehow, I seem to have underestimated the value of my psychologist. When I went to see her yesterday, I had a list of three or more things that were bothering me. They were increasing my depression daily. The answers she gave to my concerns were so simplistic that I did not see why I had not figured them out myself. I had been worried about my niece ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 – 7:20 P.M. I saw my physical therapist today for an evaluation and treatment on the severe scoliosis. The first day of traction went nicely. My therapist gave me traction manually because she wanted to see how my body would react to it. Within less than an hour, my level of pain went from eight down to a two. She said that was what she wanted, and would continue tha...
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. So you guys last saw in my journal that i was waiting for an answer form a girl i liked..... well she stopped talking to me..so i got the hint that she doesnt like me anymore...and moved on. I now have a wonderful girlfriend named Kimmi =] She's pretty awesomee. I love her. =]
If you're an animal lover, this is a story for you! The neighborhood that I live in is full of pet lovers, and almost everyone has pets. Plus, most of the neighbors know everyone's pets by name. It's a great situation for us animal lovers. Last Wednesday, one of the neighbors was greeted by a dog that appeared from nowhere. No one knew him. He seemed to be friendly, and his fur a...
For the first time in a long time, I have a wonderful update. The house we’ve been looking at and thought we lost to another buyer fell back into our laps this morning. As of 5:00 PM EST, it will be a done deal and I will have a place of my own. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry but I’m excited to see something good happen and my life beginning to turn aroun...
One of my friends on here told me I should update my " be a happy person" goal. I looked back through my week and I think I have done that. The real test is when my daughter will be back into town. Being a stay at home mom is the hardest job I have ever done. I realize that it is the most important job too. I do not want to complain about my little girl anymore. I know it will be hard, ...