Spent the week in hospital after the surgery and I'm not gonna lie, that was one shitty week. Having to learn to balance to walk again was very very strange. Once I was out the hospital I couldn't really do anything all that strenuous for round about a year, which really wasn't all that bad, since it actually gave me an excuse to just sit on my ass and play video games all day. Lots of physiotherapy involved in the recovery as well. I'd definitely recommend getting the surgery though (I didn't have a choice; curvature would have killed me). Not sure how different it'd all be if you're in the US though.