A bit about me...I was born in October 1956 and was a few days late. The pain journey started at birth, my wonderful Mother tells me that the placenta detached while in utero and I suffered nutrition-wise because of it. I have been trying to get to a good starting point ever since.
In 1973, hoping to become more popular, I joined the Boise High School marching band as a 'Guide-On" (flag corps member) They were called guide-ons as the marching band used us to 'guide' themselves during drills. I was having a ball...being a member of a team of people all working towards a common goal of musicality and showmanship.
One night after practice, I hopped in the back of a neighbor's truck with the flagpoles, and as a joke, he popped the clutch and I tumbled off the truck, I felt like it was a half gainer, but I really don't remember. The wind was knocked out of me, and I looked up and saw the sky, first and then the faces of my friends. I ended up going to the doctor the next day and that is when it was discovered that I had scoliosis.
My pediatrician drew a line down my back with marker and it was so crooked...my Mom and I had always wondered why none of the dresses I tried on over the years never fit right. My spine was crooked! So at age 16 I we were referred to Dr. Howard Johnson here in Boise, at Boise Orthopedic...he was my very first Doctor crush...as he was tall, handsome and so incredibly intelligent. I adored him so much. I digress...at the appointment I wore a hospital gown and then was asked to pose naked so that they could take pictures of my body in it's twisted state. He then prescribed a body brace...in my young mind I thought it was to have screws in my skull, bot know, it was almost works...a leather girdle and a neck brace that went up to my chin...I was to wear this contraption for 23 hours a day...including sleeping in it
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