I think I was told by two cardiothoracic surgeons I would be off work 6 weeks, or 6 months. can't remember which. I couldn't take off 6 hours at that time. so I thought. It's certainly robbed me of precious time in so many ways.

I am very concerned with your working. Did your surgeon release you? Does your surgeon know you're back at work?

What type of work do you do?

Do you have to do any physical therapy?

Are you on pain pills? You can and will overdo it with pain pills. You don't feel it at the time, but oh, later...

I dont know how old you are or where you live, but rib resection is a major operation, unless you've had something new.

Would love to breeze through it (1 week) and go back to work, like pre-TOS. They certainly didn't say I could do that right after surgery. Actually they didn't make a lot of good promising statements for surgical outcomes.

The risk of falls, wrecks, lifting, purses, managing ADLs, etc.

Very worried because it's your opportunity to heal without scar tissue becoming a bigger problem later on down the road, and needing another surgery to remove the scar tissue. Common problem with rib resection.

Praying you recover with no residual effects of TOS...

Let us know whta's going on with you?

You're too tough. Take care of yourself.