Scoliosis: Life, Support & Friends

Author: Melvin Jong Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei is expected to carry out its own scoliosis (side-bending of the spine) surgeries independently, without the aid of any foreign institutions in the next one to two years, said the chairman of AO Spine Asia-Pacific yesterday. Brunei receives about 20 reports of new scoliosis patients each year, most of which occur in teenage girls. Hong Kong-based KV Menon told The Brunei Times that Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (Ripas) Hospital's neurosurgeons are now capable and have already performed some 30 scoliosis surgeries under foreign supervision and expertise. "I think Brunei should be able to perform right now because the Neurosurgery Department in Ripas have actually been performing these surgeries with us for over two years now," he said on the sidelines of the International Workshop on Scoliosis at Ripas from November 9-15. "Maybe we can come once or twice again to generally supervise. The surgical technique is somethi...

I was writing on my website yesterday about Flavonoids and I quote "Many flavonoids, as in parsley, have a diuretic action; some as in licorice, are antispasmodic and anti inflammatory; others are antiseptic." Anyway, my period started 2 days ago and I was feeling good about that because usually I have immense pain from my Scoliosis when my period comes and because it was day 2 and I had, had no pain I was feeling really happy about that and I wondered if that had anything to do with the licorice I had been eating the week leading up to my period? The happy times didn't last long as last night the pain was soooooo awful and I didn't know what to do with myself, shifting around in my seat, then standing up and walking around with my hands grasping my lower back, then the tears came, but I wasn't crying (if you know what I mean), the pain was so intense that water just started coming from my eyes, I am in too much pain to actually cry - that would jar my back too m...

Well I said yesterday that I was having a fairly good year pain wise, well my period started today and that tends to rock the boat of lumbar pain slightly! Every month this happens and no this is not "normal" period pain although I am sure I suffer with that to some extent just like every woman does but it does play heavily on my Scoliosis and the pain I get daily is just multiplied, and knocks seven bails of crap out of me, but fortunately for me I can work in bed so it's not all bad I suppose :) It has been raining today also and it's still May! Bad weather also seems to have a bad effect on pain especially when it is connected to joints, I have been topping up on the Ginseng Tea with Blackurrant in it to take away the taste of the Ginseng! I have also been wearing my heat pads all day to keep the lumbar muscles/nerves warm and supple, this helps me take my mind off it and keep going through the day. The Chronic Pain cycle I seem to experience more and more each d...