Facebook post 2018
My trusted doctor left, I started with a new doctor.
She said, “You need to realize your limitations, you have scoliosis and should not help your daughter move or work in your garden!”
I said, “You want me to lay on the couch and watch TV?”
I REJECTED WHAT SHE SAID!
I am so very glad no one ever told me I couldn’t!
I might have believed them!
I have Reached for the IMPOSSIBLE and Fought to have My best Life!
In 2015 my mom said, “You are no longer handicapped.” So Thankful Mom never spoke handicapped out loud in my presence.
Being handicapped never crossed my mind. I just kept fighting my whole life to be strong and keep going no matter what!
We had ice skating lessons the whole time I wore a brace, continuing after surgery with a body cast. Mom said, “I cannot watch, afraid of a fall.”
Taking swimming lessons after surgery was easy. I could do every stroke, even the butterfly, but flipping at the end of the lane was the one thing I didn’t try. There are some limits I recognize.
The only thing my parents said NO to was going to Mexico with the Spanish club. “You can’t even find your way home from a game in town, how will you find your way in Mexico?” This had more to do with dyslexic issues that where not yet diagnosed.
I wonder what my new doctor would think if she knew the year after I had the spinal fusion inserting the Harrington rod, I chose gymnastic for my gym class! The amazing trick to pass the class was using my elbows to be the round for my back so I could do a forward roll. The rest was easy.
My surgeon did say no horseback riding, motorcycle riding, or sky diving.
The horseback riding bothered me. I love horses. Sky diving was on my mind for some reason, but motorcycle riding was lost. I never had any desire -until boys entered the picture. They came with bikes and this is where my life became a bit more interesting.