Hey all
I've recently been diagnosed with scoliosis (spine curving). Well, I knew something was a little wrong for years, since pretty much all of my body is asymmetrical. Doctors and my parents were no help though, and it's taken me until I'm 23 to work out what I have! I suppose my condition isn't severe (at least it's not life threatening), but I do have moderate spinal curves at the base of my neck (pretty rare, apparently), and in the middle of my chest. It pushes my right shoulder up, and the right clavicle forwards (goodbye nice fitting bra straps...), as well as pushing my left chest forwards, and my neck also tilts to the right. Sometimes there's pain (usually just aches and annoyances), but occasionally I get severe, almost blinding pain in my left shoulder/neck. Nobody's ever noticed it though, since I've tended to wear heavy clothing.
That's by the by though. I'm almost certain that my denial about these issues put off transitioning--it was easier to live as a man, hiding my deformities, then as a woman with them in the open. I'm not sure exactly how I feel now (I feel all sorts of things), but I've put off transitioning until I can see a specialist, in about a month's time. I'm also trying not to worry about my scoliosis until then.
I'm not quite sure why I feel so down recently, but I suppose it's because my life's hard enough with being a 6'3'' non-passing (at the moment) transwoman, but having skeletal issues complicates things.
I've heard from transwomen, and people with scoliosis, but not both so far. Talking to people with one thing or the other is helpful, but nobody can really understand what I'm going through at the moment.
Are there any out there?
