Getting used to wearing a brace

Hello again,
Getting used to my brace was not an easy task by any means. This brace covered my hips up to just past my arms and made from some sort of plastic that doesn't breathe very well. One thing I am so incredibly grateful for is that I could take the brace on and off b/c at the beginning I got very hot quite quickly-I finally started saying that it added 10 degrees easily. It also was very uncomfortable to be kind of confined and I had to learn to take small breaths b/c it needed to be fairly tight to keep my back from moving. I started out just managing an hour at a time and then I would basically rip it off b/c I was getting so hot. The interesting thing is that eventually my body seemed to adapt to it and I didn't get so hot while wearing it anymore. It also helped that it was winter as well. Though sometimes I would still get really hot and have the urge to go outside and roll in the snow! Instead I would go out into the garage and walk around so I could cool off and hopefully not risk getting sick-I never thought I would enjoy a walk in the garage so much! I don't want to seem so negative but one other downside to the brace is that the only clothes that I had that I could wear was a couple tshirts and a pair of overalls or pajama pants. There were definitely a lot of days I longed to slip on my comfy pair of jeans with a sweater or another shirt. Oh well I guess I came to appreciate my other clothes more. I knew one thing-I would be happy when I could finally toss the brace and not ever look at it again! I marked down every day that passed till my next appointment with my specialist assuming that at that point (Jan. 29, 08) I could toss my brace and little did I know that I would not be tossing it so quickly.