Some progress finally!

Well I finally made some progress on the road to developing my own exercise program for my kyphoscoliosis. I kidnapped my mom yesterday for about an hour to help me finish my self-assessment to determine what exercises I should be doing. Now that that's done, I can start on the exercises and hopefully get my back into better shape along with the rest of my body.

I did have a partial setback in my quest however. I had asked my doctor to refer me to get new x-rays and I finally had some time this Saturday to get this done. Except when I walked into the clinic, I found out from the technician that my doctor had not been specific enough on the form for the tech to know what x-rays to do. She told me that there are three sections of the back and she didn't know which one or ones she was supposed to x-ray. Having looked at the form myself, I figured that the fact that it said "kyphoscoliosis" would make it fairly obvious that my entire back needed to be done. The tech then repeated that she couldn't do them because it would be illegal. Needless to say, I was rather ticked off by this but at my doctor, not the tech since I do understand what she's saying. But really - how stupid! So I called my doctor this morning to get some kind of clarification so that I can finally get the x-rays done. I still haven't received a call back however so who knows when I'll be able to finish this.

My doctor should have received my old x-rays by now (from about 5 years ago) but she needs the new ones, obviously, in order to make a comparison. However, who knows if I have to follow-up once she receives the new ones or if she will take the initiative and call me in to discuss them. I'm really curious to know how much worse my back is now since it seems to be quite a bit worse to me. I still believe that the real problem lies in the leg-length difference that I have and I think they should concentrate on how to make that better too.