Less than a month ago, Alex was diagnosed with scoliosis. If you’re a parent, you’ll understand what I mean when I say that I felt the world crumbling under my feet. She’s 16, she’s smart, she’s beautiful, she has her whole future ahead of her and she was being threatened with the possibility that she might not be able to live a normal life.
Fortunately, the x-ray tests proved that it was not as serious as we feared. But what we went through, what we are still going through, because of the callous attitude of some people in Alex’s school is indescribable.
I am reposting here a letter that I published in the school’s web site. Foot notes are supplied for clarification.
You probably don’t know me so I’ll introduce myself. My name is Connie Veneracion. I have a daughter in Year 4 and her name is Alex. If you’re wondering why I am posting my letter here, it is because this website belongs to the HEdCen Community which includes me as a mother. I want to share with the HEdCen community a very unsettling experience my family has recently gone through and may still have to go through before the school year is over. Wednesday, two days before the trip to Mount Makiling1, my husband and I brought Alex to a dermatologist. For months, she had been complaining about a numb spot below her left shoulder which we thought would go away. It didn’t so we went to see a dermatologist. A dermatologist. A real doctor. A medical practitioner with the distinction of being a “fellow” in the medical profession. This doctor, Dr. Cynthia Sumulong Caparas, examined Alex. Because numbness can be a symptom of leprosy, she pierced the numb spot to find out the extent of the numbness. Alex flinched and Dr. Caparas scratched off leprosy from the list of possibilities. Next, she asked Alex to take off her shirt and immediately noticed the uneven shoulders. Scoliosis, she said, and advised us to see an orthopedic-surgeon for a more proper diagnosis. She appraised us of possible management (there is no treatment for scoliosis) which includes physical therapy, wearing a body brace and, in extreme cases, surgery. She also warned us not to agree to surgery outright because the spine is a delicate thing and any accident could leave Alex paralyzed. But because we didn’t know any orthopedic-surgeon, I asked her for recommendations. Meanwhile, I told her about Mount Makiling. She advised against it. Her initial findings and recommendations were contained in a medical certificate that was duly submitted to the school. Still, Alex wanted to go. At that time, I had not read up on scoliosis, I did not fully understand the condition, so, the following day, I phoned Sir H2, told him I had signed the Makiling form permitting Alex to go. I also appraised him of the previous night’s visit to the doctor and the circumstances that led to it. So long as Alex did not have to carry heavy loads, I was willing to let her go. Sir H, however, was not willing to take Alex to the trip because, according to him, the school could not take responsibility for Alex’s condition. And I thank him for the foresight to choose the safer course, both for the school and for Alex, until a more detailed diagnosis could be performed. The following Monday, Dr. Caparas gave me the name of an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Tonette Gabua, who specializes in non-surgical therapy. I called up Sir H to inform him that Alex would not be able to attend classes the following day so we could take her to the doctor. On Tuesday Morning, we went to the doctor’s clinic at the Veterans Hospital. X-rays were taken and we waited for the results. The x-rays showed that the curvature of Alex’s spine was less than 2o. In short, it did not appear serious to warrant aggressive therapy nor the wearing of a body brace. We were given instructions, however, to make sure that the curvature does not worsen and go beyond 2o until Alex turns 18 or until such time that she stops growing, whichever comes first. The doctor wrote her findings in a medical certificate. All of these are borne out by hospital records. After lunch on the same day, we drove Alex to school so she could attend the rest of her classes. That medical certificate, along with a letter from me (because doctors are not the most articulate people in the world and, for the sake of complete transparency, I felt I had to relay to the school what else was discussed in the doctor’s clinic), I gave to Alex to give to Sir H on the very same day. They did not see each other that day. Later, Sir H told Alex to give it to Teacher Angie, the school nurse, who refused to take it. She did not take letters, she said, she wanted the x-ray plates. The thing is, while it has been my intention to provide the school with a copy of the x-ray plates, the SOP in the hospital is to keep the plates and to release only the findings of the doctor. That was what we were told in the x-ray department. The plates, however, are available at the hospital library. As a parent, I can only be thankful that the diagnosis did not prove to be as bad as we initially feared. I have read up on scoliosis, I am now aware of the difference between structural scoliosis and non-structural scoliosis, and I understand that the condition of Alex’s uneven shoulders falls under non-structural scoliosis. My husband and I could only sigh in relief. Any parent knows what it’s like to be confronted with uncertainty, not knowing outright just how serious the condition of one’s child’s is. Any parent would understand the anxiety, the sleeplessness, the emotional burden. I was under the impression that the school is our partner in ensuring the well-being of our children. So I was rather surprised to hear that there are certain people in the administration and faculty (you know who you are) who think that what Alex, and my entire family, had gone through was just a lie so she could skip the Mount Makiling trip. If skipping the Makiling trip was all that we wanted, I could have simply refused to sign the permit. That is my prerogative as a parent. Never mind Alex’s tears because she so wanted to go and I told Sir H so. It was neither me nor my husband who refused to let Alex join the trip. It does not sit well with me nor my daughter to have a school official deliver “parinig” in public about “quack doctors.” That is more than immature; that is downright sleazy and low. Don’t bother saying it wasn’t directed at her because, in that group, she was the only one who recently had medical problems. If any school official, or teacher, doubted the medical consultations and procedures that Alex has gone through, and the trauma that my husband and I went through not knowing exactly what Alex’s condition was, they should have said it to me and my husband directly so we could have clarified and showed them how utterly misplaced and unreasonable and unfair their doubts were. The school has our home number, our mobile numbers, our home address and even my e-mail address. Instead, they chose to subject, nay, humiliate, Alex — publicly — with their malicious imputations and snide remarks, allegations they cannot prove and doubts that could have been erased if they wanted to. I can only surmise that they want the doubt to remain because, to this day, no one in the school has communicated with us about Alex’s condition. And the medical certificate issued by the orthopedic-surgeon was not accepted. To what devious end they want the doubt to remain, only they know. Perhaps, I can put an end to all the “parinig” by being the adult here and initiate direct communication by publishing this letter. Let me assure you doubting Thomases that I am able, and very willing, to get you in touch with Drs. Caparas and Gabua so you can talk to them directly about what happened exactly as they happened. Nothing gets more transparent than that. Don’t be afraid to be proved wrong when both doctors corroborate my statements. Or are you going to attack their personal credibility aside from their professional reputation and impute that they are liars too as well as quack doctors? Since the school nurse has refused to accept the medical certificate in Alex’s possession, I will take it from her and keep it in our family’s medical records. If the school still wants it, and since it has been offered and flatly refused, the school can send me a written request. Meanwhile, the x-ray plates are available at the Veterans Hospital. If the proper school official wants to view them, let me know so I can give you the contact information of Alex’s attending physician.
A mother’s letter
Notes:
1The Makiling trip was a two-day hiking trip.
2Sir H is Year 4′s class adviser.
WTF?
My sentiments, exactly.
I’m glad that Alex doesn’t have to undergo surgery and hopefully she won’t have to in the future. My 13-year-old cousin was diagnosed with scoliosis last year and she had surgery (6+ hours!) more than a month ago. The surgery went well but when I visited her at the hospital (she was in the hospital for more than a week and then she has went back to school this week, i think), she looked so vulnerable that I almost cried when I saw her.
Grabe naman pala iyang mga nasa school na yan! I don’t think they have the right to ask for the x-ray plates at all. That’s supposed to be confidential plus she has a letter from her doctors and from you, isn’t that enough?
I. Don’t. Understand. Why on earth would they think that??
Btw, if the Dr. Gabua you mentioned is Antonette Gabua, she and I were in the same class Grade 1 to 4th Yr. High School. We practically grew up together! What a small world =)
Yep, that’s her.
uminit nag ulo ko ha. please. baka makasampal ako ng nurse.
Sir H has the responsibility to clarify his decision to the nurse and to the school faculty of his decision not to take Alex for the Makiling trip even if you signed the permit form. It is nobody else decision but Sir H. If he was uncomfortable of his decision, he should have called up both doctors. The whole thing could have been resolved by Mr H.
Refusal to take the doctor’s note by nurse Angie is a display of arrogance. Granted that she can see the x-ray plates, she is still in no position to override both doctors. And she is just a school nurse, an administrative one. What bureaucrat with territorial ambition.
also, is she an expert at reading xray plates? i doubt it… bleh!
’tis sad, esp since it’s your daughter’s last year at that school …
Oh, good heavens. And then we wonder why the young can be so disillusioned with their elders – you would think these teachers would know better than to stoop to “parinig”. I think that’s the thing that pushes all my buttons regarding this post…plus, to refer to the attending physician as a “quack” without any basis whatsoever is insulting.
I am glad that Alex is spared the possibility of surgery, at least in the immediate future, and I hope she won’t need it at all.
It has always been my understanding that if parents prohibit their children from school events due to health reasons, a medical certificate is the primary form of documentary evidence, and sufficient for the school files. Not all hospitals release their x-ray plates; it’s either with the attending physician or the hospital archives (as in your case).
Hopefully things will work out. But it just isn’t fair that Alex should have to bear the brunt of such snide remarks, and in public, too. Makes me want to whack people upside the head with a feather duster, it does.
It seems to be the SOP or mindset for school administrators nowadays, mistrust the students and presume that in everything we do in school, and even beyond its gates, it will be a misdeed or an act of evil. If it were so, and this is just for the sake of argument, then they have failed in teaching us students with good values and character.
Worse, once they’ve been proven wrong, they circle their wagons and shut off themselves from reason, resorting to unfounded allegations short of being libelous, against us students and even our parents.
Seriously, WTF!
I am in shock. How come officials in the school can say that? That’s too much of them.
But I hope Alex’s condition would not worsen. I believe it will not worsen because you are a great mom.
I am a nurse working with a lot of back surgery patients here in the States, I’ve seen a lot of xrays/CT scans but to be honest I don’t know what I’m looking for. Was that school nurse trained to take a look at the xray and confirm the diagnosis? Geez, sounds like power tripping to me..
This is awful! Everyone in the administration were so childish.
Nurse Angie should have accepted the letter from Alex and give her a hug
and say something like “I’m so sorry that you can’t join the trip
and I hope you feel better.” Why does she need the x-ray plates?
The school owe you an apology and publishing your letter was the right thing to do.
The “parinigs”…very unprofessional.
Take care Alex.
Let me complete the story.
Wednesday, we went to the derma. PM of same day, Alex went to school.
Thursday, in school, nurse told her to get x-ray plates and submit them Monday. I said, WHAT? We didn’t even have an orthopedic surgeon at the time. And what — we’re supposed to consult with the first available name thrown at us just so we could follow this nurse’s schedule? Who was she anyway to set a timeline like that?
I wonder what school is that. I got shock too reading those teachers behavior to Alex. Kaya tama rin yung may sumusupalpal sa mga teachers na yan na tulad ng ginawa ni Rosana Roses at tulad ng ginawa mo na pagpublish nito sa public. Nakakita sila ng katapat.
What Ms.Connie did is correct. What Rosanna Roces did on live TV however is reprehensible, since it was a sweeping sludge of a statement on all teachers.
My God what kind of people are they? Why do I feel like they’re not acting professionally and nagpo-powertrip lang and pinagtutulungan pa ang estudyante nila? Their lunchtime gossip habits should really go away.
What is it with people not wanting to receive letters? Feeling ko lang di nila naiintindihan, or ayaw nila magbasa. Isyu ko talaga yan.
Chaka, a high school student not wanting to go on a class trip? That’s so strange. I think I remember being in high school, and school trips were the highlights. So, mejo lang, hanlabo mehn.
Unbelievable… This is a private school right? Kahit sa public school this is outrageous but for one you’ve had such high regard before… Petty & mind-boggling.
Bakit? Why the pasaring? To hide their lack of procedure for handling real medical cases?
Hugs to you & Alex. She shouldn’t be subjected to that – emotional torture. Can’t you sue for libel or slander?
Yes, an expensive private school.
Would love to answer all your other questions but I’m NOT done with them yet. Don’t want to pre-empt, so…
Sorry to hear about Alex’s condition and the way she was treated/being treated by the school officials. I have a niece who was diagnosed with scoliosis when she was a kid. I’m not privy to the details but I can say that hers was worse than Alex because she has to wear brace. She’s now married and has kids. If my niece live a normal life, for sure Alex will.
Years ago, I discovered that not all doctors can read an xray plate accurately. It happened when I brought my husband to a pulmonologist in preparation for our immigration plan. I knew in the past that he was diagnosed with minimal PTB but for so many years we didn’t believe it because he showed no symptom (but he underwent medication just to be safe). For about 8 years (after the diagnosis), there was no mention of it in any of their annual medical check up (PTB leaves scar so it should show up in every xray). I relayed this to the pulmonologist and I was surprised to hear that a lot of general practicioners don’t have enough experience/training to know what to look for. How much more a nurse? Nagpa-power trip lang yun.
The other way to get a handle of school problems is to talk to the school principal and address the following issues:
1. The nurse being rude by declining the medical certificate and put the school at risk by ignoring the medical advice of an specialist and did not even bother to read it.
2. Faculty members who are unprofessionals to make a wrong example of Alex to suggest of phony doctors’ certificate without checking the facts. This has traumatized an otherwise motivated student who wanted join the field trip despite her medical condition.
3. Sir H as a responsible teacher provided with all the information did not make the situation better for the school and your child before spinning out of control.
4. Such misapproriate handling of a procedural case cast a negative reflection of school administration and professionalism at HEDCEN.
“The other way to get a handle of school problems is to talk to the school principal”
Definitely not in this case.
Maybe you are right.
We had an unfortunate case from a school though not as bad as yours. One day, our son got home with a note from the Dean of Students to serve detention for behavior. My wife and I were furious and could have vented on our son until we read the reason – his uniform is out of compliance.
My wife fired up right away an email and address it to the school principal (dean of students boss) with copy to the president of the school (principal’s boss) and the dean of students. That was the only time that I read the entire school manual and fired up a separate email sent to the same 3 people. Both of us requested a meeting in group or how they wanted it.
I pointed out the absurdity of the Dean of Students’ citation and punishment when the school uniform was purchased according to school’s instruction and had been verified in compliance right at the start of the school. Far ridiculous is to punish a person who can only wear whatever provided by the parents, if they have to punish, it should be the parents I added.
The next day the school principal apologized in the email to us and he vouched personally of my son’s behavior as he belong to the honor class and active in different school activities.
However, he cannot cancel but change detention into lunch service for my son so as not to diminish the dean of students who was having a hard time dealing those with truly bad behavior.
Kailangan dito banggitan ng pangalan. Are they the usual suspects?
First, I feel for Alex and you and Speedy. Instead of receiving empathy and compassion for the difficult situation you are undergoing–the school officials chose to complicate it by showing mistrust and even accusing you of lying.
After taking the steps that you did so far, the ball is now in their court. Either they take the step to repair the damage or dig themselves deeper in the hole of ‘WTF’ that they did so in the first place. It is just so sad that for Alex to be counting down to her last days in the school–this major upset should happen to her.
Hugs to you and Alex.
That’s the consolation — Alex is graduating. And we don’t have to live with this kind of bullshit from these people anymore. Heaven knows how I’ve been counting the days during the last year waiting for the day when Alex graduates.
Alex,
Check this out:
At a University of Washington chemistry mid-term, a professor gave only one problem for the students to solve.
“Is hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof.”
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed).
One student, however, wrote the following:
“First, we need to know how the mass of hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul goes to hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that everyone goes to hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the volume of hell has to expand as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
(1) If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase untill all hell breaks loose.
(2) Of course, if hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Therese Banyan during my freshman year, ‘It will be a cold night in hell before I sleep with you,’ and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having relations with her, then (2) cannot be true. Thus, I am sure that hell is exothermic.”
The student received the only A.
What does this have anything to do with you? Absolutely nothing. But I do hope I put a smile on your face. Stay strong.
Connie, thanks for letting me take liberties again.
Oh, I needed that. I love it! Thank you. That’s the kind of thinking that I wish everyone was capable of. Not necessarily to come up with the correct answer but to challenge the mind to think out of the box.
The past few days have been depressing. I guess it shows in the themes of my recent articles. But I know that better days are coming.
It was a big, big smile that you put on my face.
hugs to Alex and your whole family…… The situation itself is hard to go through but this school instead of being supportive makes the situation harder…..
Whenever times are hard, just pray and never let go of His hands… That’s what I do… Keep the faith…
Share ko lang experience ko with Teacher Angie dati. She once claimed that the school did not need a doctor dahil nandun naman sya to diagnose. I forget kung bakit na-bringup yung doctor sa usapan, if the school was considering hiring one or baka nabanggit lang. Napataas na ako ng kilay dun. Isang faculty meeting naman, sabi nya pag nagdumi yung bata sa school, wag muna i-flush kasi madadiagnose nya yung sakit pag nakita nya yung dumi. Na-overhear ko din sya nung may nagtanong sa kanya kung bakit tumataas yung incidence ng mga sakit on a particular year, matter-of-fact nyang sagot ay “climate change!”
To be fair, mabait naman syang tao at sobrang bait ng mga anak. Prone lang talagang mag power-trip dahil sa tagal nya sa school.
Anonymous poster ako so take my comments with a grain of salt. Although kung nakikita ni Connie yung email ko, kilala naman nya ako. Good luck to Alex and hopefully you get to sort out everything.
Yes, I know who you are. Thank you for the feedback. Since you already mentioned “faculty meeting”, for the benefit of the other readers, let me point out that you’re a faculty member.
Hi Connie, have you heard from them yet? I’m curious to read how they’re going to apologize to Alex. That is if you’re going to share of course
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Alex was called to the office yesterday. Her alone with the school directress, her class adviser and the nurse on the “other side”. Their lament was why did I post the letter in the school website. There was no apology. There was an explanation, however, that the “quack doctor” remark was directed to other students who FAKED medical certificates which they signed for each other. I raise several issues:
1. This school is serious about compliance with rules. If students submitted falsified medical certificates, they would have been suspended, if not expelled. BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY SUCH case. So I doubt if the “explanation” is true.
2. Talk about power-tripping. I wrote the letter, I published it, and Alex gets called to the office in a three-against-one conference. Any parent with a half a brain knows the psychological effect on a child.
3. The last time I wrote something negative about the school, I put in a column. They photocopied that column and distributed it at the school gate. Clearly, they wanted everyone to know. I thought I’d save them the trouble and expense by publishing the letter in the school’s website.
Sorry to hear about Alex’s condition; but good thing you discovered it early enough so you can now be more careful so that it doesn’t get worse.
Sayang ang HEDCEN; previous articles you wrote about the kids’ school activities gave me the impression that it was a good school, but obviously there’s a lot of improvement to be done. Sana huling biktima na nila kayo, especially si Alex, for other kids’ sakes.
Take care. Ituloy mo ang laban!
It USED TO BE a wonderful school. Then, a change of administration and it became hell.
Needless to say, after the “conference”, I know that I’m not done yet.
My only question regarding this matter is why did the teachers start gossiping about your daughter’s condition? Sir H and the nurse must have divulged the details and that brings me to my concern over the matter of patient confidentiality. Unprofessional of them, and surely a matter that should be taken up at the administrative level. A student’s privacy, especially medical conditions, shouldn’t be subjected to such treatment.
Schools are a bastion of gossip, petty mindedness, political bureaucracy. No institution is ever without it.
I hope Alex finds succor in other ways outside her school.
“surely a matter that should be taken up at the administrative level”
The person who made the “parinig” is a school administrator.
I cried after reading about what happen to Alex…but knowing how you and mr Speedy supported her makes me feel better.I am just wondering… Alex is a minor she should be accompanied by her adviser and at least one parent when a conference was held with school directress.and the school nurse… she CANNOT diagnose only a doctor can.Is she a Radiologist? she doesn’t have to asked for the x-ray plate unless requested by the school doctor.(nursing law and code of ethics)I was a school nurse way back then in OB montessori until we migrated here in Australia.
To you Alex…get well soon…as nikita said “Ituloy mo ang laban!
“Alex is a minor she should be accompanied by her adviser and at least one parent when a conference was held with school directress”
Exactly. And that’s the direction I’m taking.
While I wasn’t surprised about the nurse’s insistence of the x-ray as Philippine institutions have this penchant for red tape and power tripping, I was however appalled at the teachers’ ignorance with that “quack doctors” remark. I had the impression that this was a good and expensive school, paano na kaya yung ibang schools? And how they dealt with this was very tacky and unprofessional. Why the big fuss about the student missing half day of school? You would think they would have empathy for Alex’s condition. Nakaka-bwusit sila ha.
Yes, very expensive school. Very private, very expensive.
It wasn’t a teacher that made the “quack doctors” remark, Geri. I’ll just say it in one go — it was the high school principal.
Now, I understand why you run out of option because the principal is coddling the power tripping of the nurse.
That is very unethical.
That’s ridiculous. If the administration has a question/problem with
you posting a letter at the schools’ website then, they should have the
decency to call or e-mail you and not call on Alex for a confrontation.
At least one of the parents should be present,absolutely.
I was appalled that it was the principal who made the remark and admitted
that it was directed to other students.How stupid is that? Don’t they have
a policy regarding students’ confidentiality? Who are the role models at
school?
Good luck and I hope you’ll find a quick resolution to this incident.
Come on, if this happened to my kids, I’ll not think twice and just leave the school. Is this for real or a rejected entry to a short story contest?
Wow. Leave the school 2 weeks before graduation. Smart. Very smart.
I suppose your solution to everything is to just run away. Pathetic. In fact, screw you for accusing me of telling a tall tale.
Nakakatawa naman, we bring in our children to private, expensive schools just to be sure na “good influence, of good moral characters ang mga nakapaligid. Pero mga UTAK LAMOK din pala ang mga administrators. Sayang ang pera mo, Ms. Connie. Go on with your fight….we’re behind you.
Truth is anything but relative. I hope it eventually comes out. It’s so easy to be upset (not to mention immature) when things don’t go your way. I understand that you need to vent your frustrations on something (or someone). I realize that you’re writing this as a mother (very personal therefore very biased) and so my sympathies go to you for any real (or imagined) offenses that you might have received. I wonder how your daughter feels. I for one would be very interested to read what she has to say.
So, this is the strategy of the school now. Send people here to defend it? I know who you are. And I know why, trying so hard not to sound unfair (but failing anyway), you want to defend the school.
“you’re writing this as a mother (very personal therefore very biased)”
Is that so? All mothers are biased, eh? Amazing how you managed to insult a huge percentage of the population in one fell swoop.
“so my sympathies go to you”
No they do not. Your double entendre reeks.
“I for one would be very interested to read what she has to say.”
Gee, you’re not even worth 2 seconds of her time.
BTW, not brave enough to use a real email address eh?
‘Glad to see you post dissensions. ‘Expect nothing less from you. But you know what’s worse than a dissenter? One who tries to cloak their opinion with shallow sympathy. They epitomize the title of this article.
On a lighter note, I think your “Bishops are not kings” langaw reference was upstaged by rinz’s lamok.
LOL I need to brush up on my insect vocabulary then hehe
I have scolio, 10 degrees. Didn’t wear a brace because I was an athlete when I was a teenager. I feel for Alex. Aside from scolio, I have an auto immune disease called polymyositis. I’ve had it since I was 14 and wasn’t correctly diagnosed until 3 years ago. I was always absent in high school. My teachers didn’t believe the medical certificates from Makati Med so they asked for my lab test results. I gave it to them and they looked at it and obviously, they couldn’t understand it. They still didn’t believe me. I experienced humiliation and discrimination in all degrees. In spite of being absent, I still got good grades. And so the suspicion became worse. My English teacher would stand in front of me whenever we had a test. All my things were to be put on her desk. All my classmates’ stuff were under their chairs. Some teachers would ignore me when I raised my hand to answer a question and would call me when I didn’t know the answer just so they can make snide remarks and embarrass me in front of the class. My doctor could see the damage my teachers were doing to me so I took an acceleration test and skipped two levels and went straight to college. So Alex, I know what you’re going through. Dedma na lang. They’re idiots. Hanggang dyan na lang sila. As for you, you have a very bright future ahead of you. Don’t carry heavy things. And learn to rest your back every once in a while especially if you’re always in front of the computer. Lagi yang mangangalay but I’m sure your ortho gave you back strengthening exercises. All the best to you!
Thank you, Esther. I’m sorry about all that you went through. As strange as it may sound, I feel good that there are people who understand what we’re going through.
“so I took an acceleration test and skipped two levels and went straight to college”
What a slap on the face that must have been for those teachers.
Hi Ms. Connie, I am just curious on what type of scoliosis does Alex have? I just found out today that I have scoliosis as well. I have a mild thoracic dextroscoliosis. It is just mild but I need to take care of myself because I am still young and I am still growing. How about Alex, how is she? Thanks, Ms. Connie.
It’s non-structural. Meaning, the spine curves with wrong posture. Alex is okay, but she has to be reminded all the time about the correct posture when sitting and especially when she squats.
dr. cynthia caparas was my derma, but i lost my contact with her. can i get her no.? tnx much
Email me your number and I’ll send it to her.