In this serial blog, Martha’s Healing Journey, Martha Carter talks about her personal journey, beginning with her diagnosis of scoliosis at age 13, all the way through her Harrington rod removal, along with sharing her past and ongoing in-depth explorations and discoveries with many different healing modalities and health practitioners.
We encourage you to start with Part 1.
Part 39 of Martha’s Healing Journey
… “During the weeks leading up to surgery, I had anxiety-inducing nightmares around the surgery. Perhaps it’s because I have already endured a few major surgeries in the past and know they can be very uncomfortable? Or maybe it's more related to the stubborn delusion that I ‘should’ be able to overcome the pain on my own; to fix it myself?” …
Read MorePart 34 of Martha’s Healing Journey
One of the ongoing themes is how doctors are not helpful after surgery, and how there is NO FOLLOW-UP PROTOCOL for people with fusions.
This is crazy! The more I think about it, the more it upsets me.
But I digress...
Read MoreI'm 28 and had my spinal fusion 12 years ago, never really exercised, and I am sick of feeling stiff; I just don't know where to begin, what is safe - just machines like treadmills and bikes, or just yoga moves and weights? Can anyone guide me in the right direction?
Read MorePart 16 of Martha’s Healing Journey
Scoliosis is a really confounding condition! The more I try to explain it, the more I realize that it is full of contradictions.
Nobody knows why it happens, or who will get it. Given that every scoliosis is unique, the effects can be so different for each person, which of course makes it difficult to compare notes.
Read MorePart 15 of Martha’s Healing Journey
Did you know that June is Scoliosis Awareness Month? And that June 30th is International Scoliosis Awareness Day… every year?
To mark this occasion, this blog is all about something I know very well: Fusions!
Read MorePart 3 of Martha’s Healing Journey
It was not easy convincing the new surgeon to remove my Harrington rods. He was unsympathetic to most of my initial reasoning — that I didn’t “like” the foreign object in my body; that the rods “felt weird”, and like they were “vibrating”.
Read MorePart 2 of Martha’s Healing Journey
After I made the decision to have my Harrington rods removed, I experienced a huge flood of emotions. I had a flashback to my first surgery. The doctors and my family commenting how “strong” and “brave” I was. How I never cried.
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