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Originally Posted by sealeg
Hello...thanks for your reply. My surgery is for venous TOS. There are only 2 surgeons in Toronto who do this type of surgery and both of them will be together for the operation as one is retiring and the other is his apprentice. Luckily for me I did not get scheduled for a date after the transition, or I would feel a bit uncomfortable having a "newbie" perform the surgery (though he is probably a great surgeon). Kind of a good feeling knowing there will be 2 experts in the room! How bad was the pain for you?
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The pain was much less than I expected, but I had minimal surgical complications. My surgical pain didn't last very long at all, the healing of my nerves is what is taking longer which you shouldn't have to worry about.
Do you know the details of your procedure? Rib resection? Scalenectomy? Supraclavicular? Transaxillary?
I'm glad you aren't getting stuck with the newbie!