Looking back

Hello everyone, I recently got back from my summer holiday in Cuba, and whilst I was there I took a few photos in the resort and around Cayo Coco, I wanted to document my vacation and share it on here for you guys. This is my first ever picture post, so I hope you like it.                                                                Beach walk way                                                Beach walk way     ...

Hello everyone, As I've previously stated in older posts, I've grown to love my scar, but it took me awhile to become confident with it. Scoliosis and self confidence do not come hand in hand, and it's a hard process to start to feel confident with the scar on your back. I'm sure many people reading this will relate when I say that confidence is very much a journey, whether you have scoliosis or not, this goes for everyone. I have become a lot more confident with my scar and 90% of the time I forget I even have one, but sometimes I'm well aware of it and it can make me feel self conscious , but I'm working on it! My back will never be straight or perfectly level, but that is something I have come to accept. considering how bad my back used to be I am really thankful for how it looks now post surgery. Scoliosis is a massive part of my life, and when I do feel insecure about my scar I remind myself that instead of feeling conscious, I should see it as a remi...

Hello everyone, I recently went abroad for the first time since my spinal fusion surgery, and I thought that I'd write a post to let you all know how I protected my scar from too much sun exposure and how I felt with having my scar out all day for 14days ! For me personally, this holiday was a huge step since my surgery, I did a lot of things that I haven't been able to do for awhile now such as kayaking and riding a horse, but most importantly I walked out of the hotel room every day with my scar on show and I honestly didn't give it a second thought. The fact that my scar was on show didn't bother me, I've actually grown to love it! I mainly love it because it's symbolic of how strong I can be and I am very proud of it. When it came to sun exposure on my scar, I thought I would be very cautious and to be honest for the first couple of days I didn't really stay out in the sun for too long as I didn't want to burn my scar, however I found as the ho...