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Originally Posted by *Miss Jill*
DID you have Cervical ribs as Well? Post op and Recovery is what i think i'm the most scared about. I live 2 - 2 1/2 hrs. From where i will be having the surgery done at MGH so post care i'm not sure what will happen w/ that. what was your post op like? was it extremely painful? did you have alot of numbness afterwards?
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I did not have Cervical ribs. I had 1st-rib removed on both sides. Also had neurolysis to clean up scar tissue and repair nerve bundle. Post-surgery was not too painful for me. I did have a lot of numbness, weakness, and loss of dexterity (I am still recovering but improving steadily day by day).
Here are some links to my thread posts on each surgery:
Surgery #1:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...038#post872038
Surgery #2:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...325#post883325