Most people might not know this but even though I live a somewhat 'perfect' life (well not really perfect but Alhamdulillah I'm blessed with so much love and other things), I have a lot of non-perfect things about me too. It's not really a big deal or life-threatening but as my mom once said, raising me is like raising 10 children.
Like everyone else, I too, have problems. One of them being scoliosis. It's a medical condition where your backbone isn't exactly 180 degree straight like it should be. Mine is kind of an 'S' shape. If you don't get it since I suck at explaining things, just google it. Scoliosis, that's it. It's not that serious since I found out about it at an early age and managed to do physiotherapy. It won't become completely straight, it's still a bit crooked but the physiotherapy prevents it from making my right lung squeezed and crushed, making me lose my breath and probably die but Alhamdulillah, that won't happen as long as I continue lifting weight for my backbone and doing much much more painful exercises for it.
Every time I go there, it feels like hell. Seriously. The exercises and lifting weights become more and more painful as the years go by. I don't know when it would finally stop but yeah, my parents would still have to pay for the expenses till then. But, the doctors did say that when I grow up, I'd feel discomfort and a little pain on my backbone since it's not straight. Also, if I were to become pregnant, it would also be much more painful than usual. Hooray..!
Other than that, I used to have crooked teeth. When I was little, I had a beautiful set of teeth (thus, giving me the opportunity to model the f&n cordial) but those were only baby teeth. After that, I was scared of going to the dentist so I rarely pulled my teeth properly. Some of them were pulled off late so slowly my teeth became crooked and ugly. I looked like a freaking dracula.
And so, when I was thirteen, I finally wore braces. I rocked them so much though lol. I miss wearing them because now I have to wear retainers for the rest of my life. I wore braces for only 2 years. Yes, my parents had to pay the expenses, again.
Furthermore, I don't exactly have a flawless face, Of course, on photos, I look like I do because of all the filters and edits. And also, I wear powder and concealer to hide all the flaws that I'm ashamed of. I have a face that is very sensitive, combination, sometimes oily and sometimes dry. It's like a recipe for disaster on your freaking face! It was hard to find a suitable skin care routine. And I'm still looking for the perfect solution to a flawless face. So frustrating.
Finally, I found a decent one but the acne, scars, blemishes are all still there but it just helps a tiny bit. It's only sold in clinics so it's quite hard to find. And the price is so.. damn. So expensive, really. But unfortunately, my face is just like that so my parents had to buy those ridiculously expensive skin care products that are only sold at clinics.
Lastly, my dry skin problem. My whole body is so dry it's like the sahara. My mom has eczema, whenever she eats seafood, her fingers would dry up and become itchy. My dad has dry skin problem too but only on his feet. Me, however, the whole body. Even my fingers. I tried everything of course but none of them worked. Even the doctors said that there is no cure. I'm stuck with this overly-dry skin on my body forever. I don't even know what would happen if I were to get married and my husband sees all that.
My parents tried to fix my dry skin problem by buying so much expensive medicine, lotions, pills and many more. All of it never worked. I gave up and I'm just trying to live with it. But sometimes, whenever I eat using my hands, my fingers start to burn and it feels very painful. It's just something I have to deal with until I die probably.
So yeah, that's it. I feel sorry for my parents because they have a weird child like me. Well, it can't be helped. I'm grateful for everything, still. Alhamdulillah.
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