I have tried to read most of the threads on here before posting and we have tried things I have found on here. My daughter is almost 12 and has been wearing her brace for a little over 2 months. We have been trying to work her into more time and we are making her sleep in it. She is still not wearing it to school yet. It is the hard shell brace that I think is called a TLSO brace. She is fighting wearing the brace and that is getting worst instead of better. She complains about it hurting her. She also has trouble sitting in it or going to the bathroom with it on.
It is a real battle to make her wear it. She does not want any one to know and it is almost impossible to talk to her about it. A couple of her friends know and they have been really supportive, but she won't even talk to them about it. She thinks the brace makes her a loser and a freak, which we all know is not true.
We have gone to numerous fittings and at one point there was a concern that the brace was made incorrectly, so for about a week she did not wear it. The xrays showed that the brace is working (a 41 without the brace to a 13 with the brace on). Since then she has fought the brace even harder. Nights are the hardest. None of us are getting very much sleep.
I have tried to get her to read the forum here, but she won't yet. I kept hoping she would eventually start reading it some.
Any suggestions? We have tried everything we can think of.
Thanks,
Denise
It is a real battle to make her wear it. She does not want any one to know and it is almost impossible to talk to her about it. A couple of her friends know and they have been really supportive, but she won't even talk to them about it. She thinks the brace makes her a loser and a freak, which we all know is not true.
We have gone to numerous fittings and at one point there was a concern that the brace was made incorrectly, so for about a week she did not wear it. The xrays showed that the brace is working (a 41 without the brace to a 13 with the brace on). Since then she has fought the brace even harder. Nights are the hardest. None of us are getting very much sleep.
I have tried to get her to read the forum here, but she won't yet. I kept hoping she would eventually start reading it some.
Any suggestions? We have tried everything we can think of.
Thanks,
Denise
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