Scoliosis blog personal experience please support

Scoliosis is the worst thing that can ever happen to you. For a while you think you just have back pain but believe me its a whole new world. I was about 8 years old and the doctor told me to stand up straight which I tried my best to. He couldn't believe how skinny and boney I was and asked I'd I was eating enough and doing exercises regularly which my parents said I was. Soon after that we moved to France permanently. I first went to a physiotherapist who checked me over throughly. The first thing he said to me was 'I have four daughters and they all have it and wear back braces'. I was then measured and he said I had a curve of 39 degrees. He told me that if I used my back brace it would reduce by two degrees.
The problem with back braces is that they are heavy and make you sweat. You also can't bend down or lie on your side. People used to hug me and feel a clump of hard plastic and freak out. I have a scar under my arm where my brace dag in from under my shoulders. The only time I wasn't allowed to wear it was when I was bathing myself. I had no support whatsoever apart from Mary my dog.
Going to the bathroom was the worst it see to take about half an hour. I had to take my brace off and sit down and pee and then put my brace back on again. The Velcro made it very tight and impossible to move. Another problem with back braces is that you grow out of them very quickly. I think in total I had about 3 or 4 back braces. I am so lucky not to have an operation and tha was from doing swimming and various other excersises as well as having a back brace for two or three years. When I moved back to the U.K and they measured me they said I had gone down to 37/38 degrees.