Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 , Thanks for the input. We are beyond the bracing stage, unfortunately. So we have two options .... surgery or no surgery. It's not an emergency, we have time to get used to the idea but the older he gets the more it will progress and begin to impact internal organs. What state are you folks in? We're in Arizona now, originally from California. -- & (CHARGE, 25 yo) --- duarte_black duarte_black@...> wrote: > > > > Hi, My daugher(charge), now 25, had a similiar situation in her > later teens. Her Dr. (a very good one) actually suggested a back > brace for the scoliosis first. She wore it for one year, 23 hours > out of each day. She was a real trooper!! It actually did help > quite a bit and the surgery was not needed. Of course I do > understand that his is different but maybe you could ask about this > before he has to endure such strong measures. Hope this helps. > Good Luck. > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > _______________ > > Need Mail bonding? > > Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. > > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ TV dinner still cooling? Check out " Tonight's Picks " on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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