Dear Lilac11:

It is overwhelming just to read about your health problems, the long history of these. So unfortunate and I wish it wasn’t so, for you. You wrote that you were diagnosed with severe scoliosis at 13. I read in Wikipedia that in severe cases the abnormal sideways curve of the spine can cause problems with heart and lung function. Did you suffer such? And were you fit with a brace when diagnosed, at 13, or later?

I read that the causes of it happening is believed to be a combination of genetic and environmental factors. I didn’t understand what the environmental factors can be, perhaps auto accidents which you suffered?

anita