There have been some in the past - way back- that came back and posted that they were doing better after surgery.
Some had the extra c rib, some had vascular & a few were due to acute injury if I recall correctly.

Often there was just a few posts and updates, then I'm sure they got busy with job & things.

A few did return after some time, one or 2 had a bad fall or car accident that set them back in to pain mode again.

I think some might have felt bad or maybe guilty ??... that they had a good outcome and others posting were still in pain .. , maybe they just didn't know what to say after awhile...


I think at some point we all accept that we have some dumb condition and eventually make peace with the new "us", then a lot of the added stressing about the what if's, why me & such fades away.