Me and My Back

Me and my back go way way waaaay back. I figured I should elaborate on why my back is such a pain in...well, in the back. Around 1995-ish I was a young teen and developed right on time. I am always average so I am right on time with everything. At age 13 I was a full C cup. For those guys out there reading who really aren't sure what that is, in my opinion its the perfect breast size. Its big enough to give a woman the perfect cleavage and small enough to still wear a proper bathing suit and not bust out of it. I loved myself at this size but unfortunately for me, my body was just getting started.
I blame my back on these over-sized boobs because it was around this time I can remember having my first back issues. I would get a pain in the back and not be able to bend forward for a while but then it would just go away. So, I thought my body was just correcting itself. As I got older I was told I was too young to have back problems and I must have had something traumatic happen that caused this. Uhm, helloooooooo? big boobs when your only 13 is pretty traumatic.
I heard the same thing from multiple doctors. I kind of just didn't believe them, that there was anything wrong with me. But after you are 21 out at clubs and you have to squat down because you feel your back is going to give out, you start to confess that maybe there is something wrong back there. I tried many different things, chiropractors would adjust me and once they finished would look me intensely eyes and say "you feel better don't you" and every-time I would have to disappoint them. No, no I did not feel better. I would get a head rush of endorphines but that was it. And they would say it not so much like a question but almost as a warranted answer because of their magical hands. But 'poof' just like magic nothing really magical happened. . . .for me anyway.
Nothing actually ever made my back feel better. Every once in a while I would have a back issue and need to take a couple days off work I would rest and then be okay. The last time this happened my doctor called me in tramadol, a very common medicine for people with this issue. I hadn't taken it before but I had heard of it and the things I heard were good. So I had high hopes. It works in your brain shutting off the signals and telling you there is no pain. HAHAHAHAHa! said my brain. It turned it around and that day I ended up having crazy back spasms for like hours. I ended up at the ER where they gave me pain meds and sent me home. Like always. But they do you give you some good stuff you feel wonderful in your head. It definitely helps you sleep.
That particular event was when I decided to see a specialist. I figured enough's enough. But at the time I didn't have insurance so the doctor said once you get insurance we will get you hooked up with surgery. The surgery is like a $90,000 one here in the U.S. only like $10,000 in any other country. I have thought of just saving the money and going abroad to get it done. However, I have insurance now we should be good right? Well if you don't know refer to the first blog of this series.
And that is pretty much where my story started......I wonder if my insurance will cover a breast reduction?