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HELLO TO ALL,MY SON JUST TURNED 16,HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THIS KYPHOSIS ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO.FIRST SPECIALIST WE SAW RECOMENDED SURGERY RIGHT OFF,THE SECOND SPECIALIST RECOMENDED SURGERY,BUT WAS WILLING TO TRY THE MILLWAKEE BRACE,THIS HELPED A LITTLE BUT IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO DO.HE SEEMED TO GROW INCHES OVERNIGHT,THEN WE SAW THE HUNCH,SOME SAID HE GREW TO FAST.HE IS NOW 6'3''AND WOULD PROBABLY BE 6'7'' IF HE WAS STRAIGHT.HE DOSEN'T COMPLAIN OF PAIN BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I KNOW HE FEELS BAD ABOUT IT.THE SURGERY SOUNDS VERY SCARRY,AND MY WIFE AND I WOULD BE BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR IF ANYTHING BAD WAS TO HAPPEN TO HIM IF HE HAD THIS SURGERY AND HAD TO SUFFER GREATER THAN HE IS NOW,NOT TO MENTION THE FEARS OF THE SURGERY ITSELF.WHAT I AM ASKING FOR HERE IS FOR THOSE THAT HAD THE SURGERY WITH THE RODS PUT IN TO TELL US THE PRO'S AND CON'S,GOOD AND BAD AND ANY ADVICE THEY WILL.PLEASE HELP,BLESS YOU ALL.