essay brainstorm by AALIYAH R MATTHEWS

where

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 13:09:26 UTC

This is the hospital I was born in, where i was diagnosed with scoliosis at a couple months old, and where i had my surgery

scoliosis type

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 13:14:41 UTC

The type of curve I originally was born with was a thoracic curve to the right, in 2023 I had both the thoracic curve and lumbar curve.

cast

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 13:22:47 UTC

Starting at the age of 2, i started wearing a cast for my scoliosis because I was finally big enough. I wore a cast for 4 years, including breaks. I had to go to school with it everyday as well

brace

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 13:25:20 UTC

By the time I got to second grade my doctor had given me the option of a back brace, meaning I can take it on and off as long as meet the requirement hours in it. Everyone knew about it, my situation was always on blast. My teacher would take it off in front of the whole class for gym .I wore the brace for 5 years and some change.

bullying

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 13:28:50 UTC

The constant frustration to be around a bunch of curious kids.
I was name called and punched in the cast and brace many times.
I've always was the weird, different kid who just wanted to fit in and be normal .
People wouldn't be friends with me because of my disability.
The bullying never stopped , I just got chances to try to fit in a little more.

childhood

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 13:40:36 UTC

I never really got to really experience the things kids do in the summer time, like water parks, sleepovers, playing basketball, going to the park and all that good stuff. My summers were me isolated in the house because i couldn't do what everyone else was because of my brace/cast and because everyone seen me as weird. I did not start living until i was almost 15.

How surgery surfaced

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 13:46:15 UTC

After wearing the brace like I was supposed to for years, with a heat monitor in the inside. They told me that my curve has decreased as much as it could with the brace so they told me to come back in a year and we can see what my x ray looks like. When I went back after a year , my curve increased more than it ever been, and a secondary curve came in so I had both the thoracic curve and lumbar curve and the only option was to have a spinal fusion surgery and schedule it in 6 months.

medical leave

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 14:06:46 UTC

My surgery date was scheduled for 5/14/24, so as the date got closer I had to mentally prepare myself and my room to have this major spinal fusion. During my last week of school I told some of the closest people to me my story and why I'm leaving school, most of them called me a weirdo, didn't wanna be friends, laughed at more etc , i regretted telling them because i know i was going to need support during the process. Although I ended up alone.

home tutoring

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 14:13:51 UTC

Once I got discharged from the hospital i tried starting home tutoring because i noticed my grades were dropping, The tutor met with me on teams, she did not understand my work so i had to youtube it to pass in my assignments, next visit was in person and she took all my work i completed those two days and ghosted. I wanted nothing but to continue learning and be able to go back to school and things kept going wrong

school excitement

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 14:16:18 UTC

Ever since I was on medical leave i wanted to go back to school so bad, i wanted to learn, being in recovery everyday while others are learning was depressing , i though i was going to become dumb. For months I've been so ready to go back senior year.

disappointment

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 14:21:14 UTC

I went to school my first day of senior year, and my second, the first day I had to get a pass for certain needs I require since surgery . Once me and my mom asked for certain things there was a meeting to see about putting me on a 504 plan but I did not go, after that my mom said the school said I'm a liability and i cant be in school, my soul felt crushed and stepped over I felt so helpless. Then my only option was online, something i did not want at all and something I did not expect. For months i thought I'd go back to school and finally be normal and not known for scoliosis but instead I'm taken out of the school for it.

how it benefited me in the end

205873_5 — 2024-09-16 14:28:06 UTC

Online school isn't all that bad, I was told i had an amazing transcript, one of the best seen in the program so that feels great. I also don't have that many classes because of how well I've been doing as a highschooler, I might even graduate early as well.

205873_5 — 2024-09-17 12:27:51 UTC

205873_5 — 2024-09-17 12:47:33 UTC

Physical therapy

205873_5 — 2024-09-19 13:11:58 UTC

I went to PT twice a week for 4 months and i just recently graduated from it

Shamai

ShamaiWhite — 2024-09-19 13:29:52 UTC

Wow, that is a lot to deal with for anyone especially at such a young age. Even though the situation is really bad, that didn't stop you from living your life and I really admire that. So, this will turn into a really beautiful college essay in my opinion.

Greenlee

greensleeves — 2024-09-19 13:32:21 UTC

This essay would be perfect. It is personal to you and shows how hardworking you are to push through everything that happened.

porthom

rpsaudia — 2024-09-19 13:39:58 UTC

I think you have already outlined your whole essay here! I think the essay is perfect in showing you you persevered through a tough condition.

Caleb

203821_14 — 2024-09-19 13:43:52 UTC

This essay is already outlined so well. I believe it will become a really great story to enjoy and also get to know you.

Gabriel

199314_5 — 2024-09-19 13:45:31 UTC

I really do enjoy this; my older twin was born serve scoliosis and other serious medical issues and has been going to Boston Children's Hospital since we were born. I can connect with this story, and I believe you can make this idea work amazingly with your final essay and craft up something unique, that no one has ever experienced a 1-to-1 with.

Lindsey

2024-11-08 01:43:09 UTC

I've always been socially awkward throughout my childhood. I never had any to call my real friends, just people who were nice to me just because they felt sorry for me. Sometimes I would sit by myself or with a teacher during lunchtime because no one else wanted to sit next to me.