Posts tagged Body Image
Aging with a Spinal Fusion

Part 41 of Martha’s Healing Journey

… “My curves and twists seem to be increasing, even with a spinal fusion!! My right thoracic convexity seems more pronounced than I thought, and it certainly looks much ‘hump-ier’ than the one in my imagination. Although come to think of it, on bad days my hump feels even bigger. My concave side seems more collapsed than ever before, and I don’t remember seeing so many wrinkly folds of flesh under my left shoulder blade. Is that because my scoliosis is getting worse? Or simply because I am flabbier? Or a bit of both?” …

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STORIES & SUCCESSESMartha CarterScoliosis, Spinal Fusion, Supportive Care, Body Image, Aging with Scoliosis
Scoliosis and Spinal Fusion - To Get Pregnant or Not To Get Pregnant?

Part 36 of Martha’s Healing Journey

“The notion that our body is good and our own seems like a prerequisite to make the decision of taking on the enormous project of giving birth to another life. I guess it’s a real psychological thing. I don’t think I have ever remotely felt that my body is mine - that it is great and miraculous and all the things that female bodies are supposed to be. I have always been told that my body is twisted and crooked and messed up. Seems like there is some piece in there that creates extreme body-image discouragement. They tell us from the beginning, as soon as we are diagnosed, often early in life. We never get a period of time to grow up and feel free in our bodies without feeling like we are wrong.”

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SCOLIOSISMartha CarterScoliosis, Fusion, Pregnancy, Support Group, Physical Challenges, Body Image, Scoliosis and Pregnancy
How Dance and Dancers Have Shaped and Informed Every Step of the Journey

Part 9 of Martha’s Healing Journey

I keep wanting to talk about getting into Yoga for Scoliosis — an eventual and integral part of my scoliosis journey following the removal of my Harrington Roads — but as I write this serial blog, and look back on all that’s happened, other memories get triggered and new understandings appear.

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STORIES & SUCCESSESMartha CarterHealing, Dance, Learning, Body Image, Physical Exercise, Scoliosis