Life and Health Update

At age thirteen I was diagnosed with scoliosis, which is a curvature of the spine. It means one of my legs is slightly shorter than the other one. I don’t recall the date for that, so I cannot check the transits for it. It has caused me great pain in my back and legs for years now.

Pluto entered my sixth house of health in 2008. By 2012, Pluto was sitting exactly atop my sixth house natal Venus. I was starting to notice weird things when I would exercise or exert myself. It got to the point where I felt like I was going to lose control of my bowel and bladder.

Thankfully I did have insurance at the time. They skipped exray and went straight to MRI. They found I had arthritis that started in my spine and had spread out to other areas of my body. I also have stenosis in two parts of my spine, which means those two areas are narrowing.

There were also four discs out of place. These discs will often pinch certain nerves, and then my legs and feet are affected. My legs ache and hurt everyday of my life. My thighs and calves are the worst. Sometimes the pain is so bad my toes curl and bend on their own, and I cannot straighten them.

I stopped exercising. At that time, I was still in that toxic, loveless marriage. I just let everything go. There wasn’t anything they could do for the pain. I was taught some stretches and eventually put…