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--- Sally Tomson <stomson98003@...> wrote:

> Luckily, she is young, and will adjust, if she has
> no choice. My son wore the Boston and Milwaukee
> braces until he was a teen, and had the surgery. I
> spent my childhood in traction and in the hospital.
> The braces were far preferable. He went to school,
> and did normal things.
> It is one scoliosis. The two curves, in the
> opposite directions, are the body trying to maintain
> balance. During a growth spurt, they suddenly get
> much worse. I don't remember any more which brace
> was which, but the more effective one was a one
> piece plastic affair, invisible once he no longer
> had to wear the chin piece. However, it could not
> be adjusted, and had to be replaced each time he
> grew out of it, and the curves suddenly changed.
> The other was a metal frame with leather bracing,
> and didn't work nearly as well. For a time, as I
> looked at his brace, I longed for one for myself.
> It looked like it would offer support, and minimize
> the pain. I asked his doctor, who said "You have a
> 98 degree scoliosis. Of course it hurts." After
> that I just learned to live with it.
> He wore a T shirt under either one. The T shirts do
> have extra fabric that you have to be careful with.
> No choice on a thin kid. His shirts all had holes
> develop in predictable places pretty fast, at least
> the pull-over ones.
> She will get through it, and be stronger for it.
> Just be glad it is available. We were.
>
> Sally
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> Sue Glassey <soozeege@...> wrote:
> Hi
> I've been told today that brittany my daughter at
> age 8 needs a back
> brace for she has 2 scoliosis. The upper one
> measured 18 degrees and
> now is 34 and the lower was 18 degrees also 6 months
> ago and now is
> 27. Has anyone here worn a boston brace? I feel that
> she won't take
> too well to it.Jono's back seems ok at this time but
> hes measured at
> 194cm (age 12)whats that in feet and inches?
> Sue
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