Life has plenty of ups and downs along the way. Some of them are permanent such as losing both of your arms or becoming paralyzed due to a snow tubing accident. Others can be colossal but temporary, such as, the heartbreak losing a family member, or having to wear skin wraps due to a fire. All of us will have an obstacle whether it’s big or small during our time on this planet. My obstacle was not permanent, but it was a course that lasted 3 long years. The most challenging obstacle I have had in my entire life was my time in a back brace. It all started in 5th grade. The school nurse called us down one at a time to check our backs for signs of Scoliosis. Scoliosis is a bone disease that makes the spine rotated or curved instead of being straight.
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The doctor said my curve had turned into a 23 degree curved and in order to decrease my chance of requiring metal rods in my back, I would have to wear a back brace for a while. My voyage in a plastic shell had officially begun. The gray sweaters I wore underneath my shell were a ghastly sight. Thankfully, I wore my clothes over it so they were not seen except when my friends and family helped me put it back on when it was off. I also had to sleep in it, pretty much every night. I live in Houston, and it is intensely hot at times so that made me sweat a lot, especially in the summer. Thankfully, I did not have to wear it constantly. I was allowed to take it off for activates I couldn’t do with it such as choir and theater. Still, it was never like a walk in the park. I even ended up having to wear it an extra year, even though we thought I would only have to wear it for two years. My long back brace years were very complex. I went through 3 back braces in my entire course of wearing a turtle shell. My first one got too small for me and crushed me for many months due to gaining some weight. So I upgraded to a larger one. Then I got a new prescription for my ADHD that also made me lose my appetite and lose weight. Before I knew it, my back brace basically flopped on me and rubbed me all over so I needed a smaller …show more content…
True, it is probably not an extremely challenging trick, and many people can do it, but it was still handy and entertaining to use. When I had the brace on, bending down to get something off the ground was doable, but it was very incommodious to do. So I tried to avoid it as much as I could. I discovered a trick to use for picking things off the floor, especially clothes. I would take my big and middle toe and use them to grab the piece of clothing. Then after I had it in my toes’ grip, I would kick my leg up making the outfit piece fly in the air. Finally, I would catch it in my hand. I am pretty sure that isn’t extraordinary, but I learned it when I had my brace and it saved me from bending over as much. I still use it sometimes even though I am out of my brace now, just for my amusement. I even try to do it with other things too, such as pencils, webkinz, and erasers. It was a trick that was helpful and entertaining, and all I needed was my brain, practice, and my
The doctor said my curve had turned into a 23 degree curved and in order to decrease my chance of requiring metal rods in my back, I would have to wear a back brace for a while. My voyage in a plastic shell had officially begun. The gray sweaters I wore underneath my shell were a ghastly sight. Thankfully, I wore my clothes over it so they were not seen except when my friends and family helped me put it back on when it was off. I also had to sleep in it, pretty much every night. I live in Houston, and it is intensely hot at times so that made me sweat a lot, especially in the summer. Thankfully, I did not have to wear it constantly. I was allowed to take it off for activates I couldn’t do with it such as choir and theater. Still, it was never like a walk in the park. I even ended up having to wear it an extra year, even though we thought I would only have to wear it for two years. My long back brace years were very complex. I went through 3 back braces in my entire course of wearing a turtle shell. My first one got too small for me and crushed me for many months due to gaining some weight. So I upgraded to a larger one. Then I got a new prescription for my ADHD that also made me lose my appetite and lose weight. Before I knew it, my back brace basically flopped on me and rubbed me all over so I needed a smaller …show more content…
True, it is probably not an extremely challenging trick, and many people can do it, but it was still handy and entertaining to use. When I had the brace on, bending down to get something off the ground was doable, but it was very incommodious to do. So I tried to avoid it as much as I could. I discovered a trick to use for picking things off the floor, especially clothes. I would take my big and middle toe and use them to grab the piece of clothing. Then after I had it in my toes’ grip, I would kick my leg up making the outfit piece fly in the air. Finally, I would catch it in my hand. I am pretty sure that isn’t extraordinary, but I learned it when I had my brace and it saved me from bending over as much. I still use it sometimes even though I am out of my brace now, just for my amusement. I even try to do it with other things too, such as pencils, webkinz, and erasers. It was a trick that was helpful and entertaining, and all I needed was my brain, practice, and my