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Originally Posted by 16rhonda
Hi there
I'm a pt. of Dr. Donahues. I live in Nh, about 1 hrs drive depending on traffic. My neurologists thought I could have tos, but he didn't know of who to send me to. I found Dr. D. Myself on the MGH website looking up tos. He runs a tos program. I was almost hesitant to see him cause he looked so young in Pic, Hes about 55. I know Mass Gen. has the best dr s in N.E. I had Lt. Side done in 3/12 he wanted to do my Rt. Side 6 mos later, but he didn't push it, he knew I had a lot of other issues going on. I had peroneal nerve decompression in lt. Knee 12/12 9mos later. Was causing me severe ankle & top calf pain & numbness for 4 yrs. Had surgery scheduled for Rt. Side 2x, may then Aug., which had to be cancelled. Now its on 9/12, which will be 18 mos from Lt side.
I know ill be in good hands, but still scared, its quite the surgery. No looking forward to it. This will be my 8th surgery in 10 yrs.
I? will try to reply soon about ur pt? and recovery. Too much shoulder pain rite now from lifting & cleaning.
Take care!
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Dr. Donahue has his own pt he will show u after surgery, in hospital. It's. 5 excercises, combo of climb the wall/neck stretches/pendulum swings. Simple but hard to remember to do 3-4 dray. I only did them 3xday that was hard enough to remember! There were a few days I only did them 1 or 2x due to not being home. Dr. D. Says its a must everyday for 1 yr to prevent scar tissue.
I had 2 ribs, 2 muscles, and a lot of scar tissue removed.Dr. told me there will be lot of pain after surgery, but will give u pain medicine. He was right! He increased my pain meds. to 3x the amt and still didn't do much, so u just have to bear the pain. The day after my surgery, in hospital he told me the pain med won't even touch the pain. The 1st mo was the worst, couldn't sleep at nite. Around the 3rd mo things started getting better.