My friend's back has been hurting for years, she just NOW got an x-ray

bigb1tch · 2 年前

That's pretty advanced scoliosis.

EDIT: OP Delivered, look through comments for his/her explanation.

Duiker123 · 2 年前

Here is mine: http://imgur.com/a/wSLVP

stillfuckingaround · 2 年前

Holy shit. I immediately sat up straight.

aNonSapient · 2 年前

This post made me realize just what scoliosis does to the ribs.

How the fuck did this not get noticed before?

christhakingpin · 2 年前

Mama said my back was crooked as Question mark..She said they was my magic shoes, they could take me anywhere

Anthonyman94 · 2 年前

How would you not notice this? I wouldn't need to see an x-ray to know if my back looked like that

vitorizzo · 2 年前

i love a woman with curves

notpandora · 2 年前

She had surgery.. they grafted her vertebraes together as much as possible.. before she got a blood clot in the leg.. she now has permanent nerve damage.. and had to relearn how to walk and is in constant pain..she is in her late twenties.

crazycatlady32 · 2 年前

I am a radiography student and I am frustrated that they did not remove the patient's pants for this exam and put them in a hospital gown. If they were not interested in anatomy below the anterior superior iliac crest they should have also used a lead gonadal shield and collimated.

Jeffyfox · 2 年前

Scoliolioliolioliolioliolioliolioliolioliolioliosis

lapearce · 2 年前

As someone who wasn't diagnosed until I was 24, I know that feel bro. I remember during the scoliosis test in school, the gym teacher hesitated and called someone over for a second opinion who said something around the lines of, "ummmm yeahh.... she looks fine" I should have known then something was wrong. For 10 years I kept saying, "no, it can't be scoliosis because I passed the test in gym school!" Mine's not as bad as your friend, but like her, I have the exaggerated waist on one side, it looks like her shoulders are misaligned too. Poor girl, I can't believe someone didn't notice sooner!

Yoga and ibuprofen... for life.

tattoo_remover · 2 年前

I have scoliosis. What FUCKS my head up the most is that nothing inside me -- or this woman -- is at all deformed. All the pieces are correct and normal.

Muscle and tendon moves bone, not vice versa. What terrible forces are at work inside me that all these correct parts got horribly knotted up somehow? It's all a big mystery. I should /r/askscience

Little_Lion · 2 年前

Ugh, mine isn't nearly that bad but I know one day I'm going to have to get surgery and that TERRIFIES me. It's getting worse - I can't even speedwalk more than 5 minutes without it spasming and cramping. And the doctor said it would twist another 14 degrees if I were to get pregnant.

It pisses me off to think that I shouldn't have to be dealing with this. The nurses knew I had it, my pediatrician knew I had it. But he didn't recommend a brace because I was only "estimated" to grow to 5'2". Yeah, I'm almost 5'6" and my back is jank.

hannylicious · 2 年前

I broke my back racing motocross (when I couldn't move my legs for a couple seconds after the crash I should have known - but instead got back up once I could stand and finished the race); months later the pain was manageable again - I never went to a doctor and kept racing (was also on a college sports team).

Years later I got a desk job and put on some extra weight and my back began hurting, legs always going numb, etc. My wife said "see a chiro" so I did and she said "lets do an MRI because things are really out of whack", broken vertebrae that had half-healed and 2 herniated disks later... whoops! Doc said I probably never really noticed because I was in great shape and had strong core strength - that desk job really screwed me.

Stupid real world - always making people realize their mortality.

Lihiro · 2 年前

Hi, I have a 40+ degree bend in my spine.

I say 40+ degrees as it's been 3 years since I last had an X-ray and a checkup at the hospital - though they said it should calm down once I stopped growing, which can be for males at the age of 21, which I am now.

Scoliosis degree length is measured between specific vertebrae, so whilst her bend is at about the same angle as mine, hers is clearly skewed to the side whereas my spine is clearly sigmoidal. This increases the severity on her part - mine just kinda counterbalances.

Thankfully I don't have any back pain due to this counterbalance, but a notable (my mum first spotted it when I was 14 and was sitting with my back to her) bend in the spine and an awkwardly positioned ribcage (feels like I'm shanking someone everytime I hug) is kinda annoying. Everything is purely cosmetic and typically at 60+ degree bends back pain and the actual subjugation of the lungs leading to breathing difficulties can occur. I'm also asthmatic, so that would be a nightmare.

Anyway OP I'm sorry to hear your friend's back has been hurting, it's only a minor inconvenience for me - it must be so much worse for her. All my feels!

TL;DR I have scoliosis too, and whilst I don't want to jump on the karma train, I'm happy to answer questions. :)

AKA_Squanchy · 2 年前

Looks almost exactly like mine. I'm lucky that it's only side to side, hardly any hunch in the back and I stand a tall 6'6" (doc says I'd be closer to 6'8"!!!). Some days I have excruciating pain, but 3 Advils calms it down to more than tolerable, usually it doesn't hurt at all. The sad part is now that my kids are bigger, it does hurt to lift them, so I've stopped doing that as much as I'd like to. I also can't run very far without feeling something pinch. I hate it and was very self-concious growing up with it, especially wearing a brace in high school. Anything to avoid surgery, though. That is an absolutely last resort!

minahil19 · 2 年前

I just had the surgery for this not too long ago..this looks like very serious,especially depending on the age..how she gets better :)

smb718 · 2 年前

Can that even be fixed?

drewman77 · 2 年前

Let me say here, she had scoliosis as a child, it was never severe and she never got it treated (no back brace). later on in life she had debilitating pain in her back.. after having 4 kids.. she never went to the doctor ever.. and just lived with the pain. She finally went to the doctor and they did an xray. this is her spine now. physically she looks like she is slouched when standing up straight.. and one of her shoulders is noticeably lower than the other. As far as her pregnancies ob/gyn never check your back when you're pregnant, and she never had an epidural with any of her kids.

Jesus_luvs_Jenkem · 2 年前

I refuse to believe this wasn't caught sooner. Most regular doctors can spot this from a mile away. It makes you stand crooked and one leg usually looks longer than the other.

Muffinizer1 · 2 年前

Well, theres your problem.

Vissuto · 2 年前

I just want to cry for your friend. Such a sad thing as so much of this damage could have been avoided with earlier treatment. Also, years could have been added to her life. Unfortunate.

[deleted] · 2 年前

Usually you get tested for this every physical...

Infiltr4tor · 2 年前

Wouldn't you kind of notice this about a person though fairly early? I mean... look at that spine and all she complains about is "my back hurts."

Salchicha · 2 年前

My mom had advanced Scoliosis too. She had what is supposed to be her last surgery ever sometime around September of last year.

I'm amazed that nobody has never pointed out that your friend has horrible posture because of it.

BaylorLaw09 · 2 年前

Looks like she swallowed a quarter.

POTATO_IN_MY_DINNER · 2 年前

tell her to go to /r/tall when she's gotten it fixed

FistTrucker · 2 年前

This guy's back is pretty messed up too. http://imgur.com/jKzLX

nohbody3 · 2 年前

Is that her tampon in the pelvic area?

Sajerman · 2 年前

Perhaps I'm wrong, but I'm surprised that this person never rubbed their hand along the length of their spine and felt that it was misshapen. [Edit] OP said that her condition only reached this advanced stage after four pregnancies.

skarphace · 2 年前

Did anyone else just sit up straight after seeing that?

navarone · 2 年前

Does your friend have an IUD in there?

FDboredom · 2 年前

What a fucking trooper. My bitch ass would've been in the hospital so quickly.

two2teps · 2 年前

Looks like she has scoli..OH FUCK

blacklotus21 · 2 年前

how can you not go to a doctor earlier. That scoliosis is painful.

irishdave1 · 2 年前

Scolio oh oh fuck thats severe, i feel sorry for the girl having so many life changing problems ! :/

[deleted] · 2 年前

Oh my good God!!! Theres an "L" in your friend!

LeCanadien · 2 年前

There's a curve. That's probably what was hurting.

JoveX · 2 年前

Thats the scoliest osis that I've EVER seen!

tomlinsfuckingtophat · 2 年前

scoliosis high five!

Trindal · 2 年前

Dat spine.

[deleted] · 2 年前

doctor here, this is scoliosis and the back story, pardon the pun, is certainly bullshit

h413y · 2 年前

1 in 200 people have scoliosis!

BaconFetus · 2 年前

Her doctors are pretty inept if they couldn't detect a curve that severe until now.

HardcoreSunday · 2 年前

What she needs is a full body cast and a castoo http://www.casttoo.com/Casttoo.com/Design_Catagories/Entries/2007/10/14_Bones_%26_X-rays.html

otomotopia · 2 年前

I'm no doctor, but I think your friend has an issue with her spine.

AlexBrallex · 2 年前

I weared a corsett for about ~4 years because of this :/

Jorden1 · 2 年前

Holy scoliosis!

EmmieRN · 2 年前

All she noticed was pain? Not a deteriorating posture and difficulty walking? Skeptical testicle, that doesn't sound right!

Steeltrap · 2 年前

Your friend needs to poop.

PresidentBush2 · 2 年前

more like scoli-oh-shit

ninja_waffle · 2 年前

My first visit to chiropractor was when I was 27. That's when I found I had scoliosis not unlike the one in the picture. It sucks but really put things into prospective.

youngfriezy · 2 年前

This is stupid, I can't believe your friend has not noticed such a severe curve in her spine. Just by rubbing your back you would of been able to feel the curve and assume you're from the US which you might not be, but school nurses check students for scoliosis as often as they check for hair lice.

takeitdown · 2 年前

That's a boatload of bad parenting right there.

dailymotion606 · 2 年前

His back's as crooked as a politician.

Jonny_Watts · 2 年前

Am I the only person who cracks, stretches, and feels up my spine daily?


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