Approximately 4 weeks ago we were told my 15 year old son has a reverse S curve (largest curve is 41.5). We initially took him to the Dr's due to back pain and were sent to a specialist the next week. We had no experience or knowledge about scoliosis. He received his brace last week and absolutely hates it. My son has always been very quiet and I think he's afraid of wearing it to school. So far he has opted to wear it to bed rather than to class. He should be up to 14 hours a day but has only made it to 8. He will need to wear it 21 hours a day eventually. He has expressed concern as to why go through the bracing if he will just go back to the same curve once it's removed. I spoke with the Dr's office and the assistant advised that they would not operate while he is going through a growth spurt but the brace would keep his curves from becoming worse. I explained all this to my son but it hasn't seemed to help. The specialist did warn me that my son might have a hard time with the brace due to his age, gender and because he is slightly overweight.
I feel really overwhelmed between the specialist, PT, and prosthetic Dr all in the course of less than a month so I can imagine how my son feels. Hopefully the upcoming appointment this Wednesday might answer some questions. I have tried to get my son to open up and discuss his feelings about the whole thing but no luck as yet.
I have read a lot of your posts on this site and really like the support found here. I think it helps just to know others others have come through all this.
I feel really overwhelmed between the specialist, PT, and prosthetic Dr all in the course of less than a month so I can imagine how my son feels. Hopefully the upcoming appointment this Wednesday might answer some questions. I have tried to get my son to open up and discuss his feelings about the whole thing but no luck as yet.
I have read a lot of your posts on this site and really like the support found here. I think it helps just to know others others have come through all this.
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