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Originally Posted by heybro
I *think* I am going to post pone on surgery.
GAWRRRR It is so hard to know what to do.
Dr. Donahue finally offered it to me so I jumped on it, now I may be pulling back.
I am going to try more physical therapy. We hit a wall in December but after a month away from it, I got better.
If I look at myself a year ago, I am definitely better. Not out of the woods AT ALL, but definitely not on that downhill spiral anymore. I know this takes FOREVER for nerves to heal so I will give my body the benefit of the doubt and keep plugging away now with therapy. Maybe the Botox will help my therapy go better.
I think of surgery as a cure and I think I am incorrect in doing so. I believe surgery is a last resort. I wish it was not something that you had to be very bad to have done.
My current level is that I get numb pinkies and my elbows get a pressure in them. This will stay this way as long as I am not on the computer much and don't do stupid things like hold a phone without a headset or go swimming. Doing so would make pain start.
I don't want to risk my current "ok" state for something better if it means possibly becoming worse than I am now.
Thank You ALL!
Marky Mark  |
I agree with everyone, I think you are making the right decision to wait. TOS surgery is very invasive and definitely should be a last resort. I actually improve with PT as in I feel AMAZING after but as soon as I leave the office and get back to life, the pain is back and gets worse and worse and I look fwd to seeing my PT every week just for that temporary pain relief. I do very simple yoga exercises as my PT is a yogi and when I go I basically get lots of manual therapy and joint/rib mobilization. I am nowhere near any strengthening or anything and I still cannot even do Edgelow breathing for more than 1 to 2 mins sometimes....hence I choose surgery again espec since I have extra ribs. I hope you improve with new therapies, maybe try a different PT? IMO PT should be beneficial always and although it may be painful during, it should relieve your pain/symptoms when it is over.