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Originally Posted by Jo*mar
To be totally honest , very few people go home the next day after a rib resection.
Most stay at least 3 days, and still feel like a truck hit them for a week or two longer.
I don't know if you've ever heard this , but holiday weeks/weekends are generally the worst time to have a major surgery done.
All the best nurses & interns are usually off.  FYI
I feel I must mention a few more things.
Is the surgeon an expert at this surgery??
Has there been many tests and imaging to show this is the best course- like a clear cut cause - large or abnormal bony structures?
Please don't accept a less than expert surgeon for this surgery.
There are too many sensitive areas involved - and the chance of scar tissue later on, that can cause just as much pain as you have now.
Please explore the other messages & the sticky threads a surgery is not always a fix as the drs may lead you to believe.
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I just want to be sure you have as many facts as possible to decide for yourself if this is real the best thing to do now.
I haven't read your other posts yet so I may have jumped the gun , but a busy time of year and I wanted to be sure to get this reply to you.
ditto about after home post surgery - pillows, recliner, easy meals, easy on/off clothes, ice packs/heat packs.. on and on |
That is quite a bit to chew on... I really hadn't thought about your point about the staff being off on the Holiday... Something to think about next time.
I have read quite a few of the stories about the surgerys, and peoples recoverys. I haven't read many about the diagnoses of TOS.
For me, It started this Spring, where I suddenly had a pain/numbness in my left shoulder, scapula, and sometimes in front around my rib cage, with occassional numbness in my left hand around my pinky/ring finger.
I spent the summer with many different doctors, three different PTs, took 5 MRIs, a half dozen XRays, an EMG, three different surgeons, a chiro, and none of them were able to diagnose the issue, or alleviate the pain.
Finally after the EMG, I was referred to a vascular surgeon (Dr. HL Saylor) who 'has been doing this surgery for 20 years'. Not sure if that makes him any good. I did see his name elsewhere on this board....
since I have excluded all of these other potential causes for my pain, and had tried PT with several different doctors and clinics, they felt that this surgury was the best option...
What other potential non-surgical remedies are there for this pain?