Here's a question but you said your boy is already in highschool correct? I'm 1 month out from my takedown surgery and I plan on getting back into working out after the new year. I just had my 1 month follow up appointment with my surgeon today and they cleared me to start working out again. I say all that to say this. If your son is already in highschool and playing sports at a high level he may want to consider waiting to graduate. Not because he can't play sports with a jpouch but because he may have to miss sports after he has surgery and is recovering. I'm no expert but I can imagine it would take a while to get to a point where he could play super intense sports at a high level. When I say I'm going to start working out I mean I'm going to slowly ease into it. Not jump into a full court basketball game lol. I'm not saying he can't do it because he's young and we recover a lot faster with youth on our side. I'm just looking at it like how long will he be out before he's ready to get back on the field. Highschool goes by fast enough let alone if he has to miss a season of something to get this surgery. But I guess it all depends how bad he wants to get it done