I was diagnosed with scoliosis when I was 13 years old. I have had chronic back pain since 1998. At the young age of 29 and three weeks after my wedding, I had spinal fusion surgery. The surgeon told me I'd be healed in 8 weeks. The surgery was unsuccessful and when I was 30 years old, I was put on Disability. It's been OVER 2 YEARS since the surgery and recovery seems like a foreign word to my body. This is my journey of learning how to live with a disability...
I threw my back out the day before I was scheduled to go wedding dress shopping. With a bottle of pills in hand and three extra pairs of arms to get me in and out of the dress, we found "the one" (this wasn't it!).
July 2009
