Hey everyone. This past Tuesday I had TOS surgery by Dr. Thompson. He removed my first and cervical ribs. He also removed my anterior and middle scalene muscles and performed a bilateral pec minor tenotomy.

I was nervous about a lot of things especially pain after surgery. However, they have managed my pain so well that I've had outpatient surgeries which resulted in more post-op pain than this.

I woke up in the recovery room with my pain about a 2-3 out of 10. It has stayed that way since the surgery. I'm a bit more sore now where they did the operation on my left side but it is very well manageable. I had a Dilaudid pain pump as well as a pain ball. I wasn't using the pain pump much so I requested that it come out yesterday and I've been taking Percocet as needed.

The staff here has been phenomenal. They have been very accommodating and have bent over backwards to help me and my wife. My pregnant wife had an emergency the same morning of my surgery and had to go to the ER than the OB floor. She is fine. They took very good are of her. The OR nurse called her in her hospital room every hour to keep her updated and Dr. Thompson called her afterwards and told her how the surgery went. I have been so impressed with the caliber of everyone who works here. Very professional, knowledgeable, and courteous. I should be out of here by Saturday. Will do another post in a couple days. I will check here periodically today and tomorrow so feel free to ask questions or comment. Thanks!

Very glad to hear all has been going well for you and that there isn't too much post-op pain. It's so thoughtful of you to update everyone here so soon after your surgery. Thank you!

Thanks so much for the update. Wishing you a smooth recovery....

Thank you for your update. I am happy to hear of other people who have positive feedback after surgery. I wish you a good recovery. Take it easy and slowly.

Positive feedback yes but it's only 2 days out from surgery. I've learned one thing: take your pain medicine every time you are able to. Don't try to tough it out. I think this is very important in the early post-op period. I'm doing range of motion exercises given to me by the physical therapist. I wouldn't be able to tolerate them well without the pain meds.

Thanks for updating! My experience at BJH was similar - I was very pleased with the whole process. I wish you the best with your post-op and your transition home. Take care!

The only thing I've found that I don't like is that Dr. Thompson doesn't around and you while you are in the hospital. I'm not sure why he doesn't, but it does seem very odd to me.

Who rounds? A resident?

I think it was a hospitalist if I remember correctly, or maybe a small team - probably a hospitalist, resident, etc. OP can probably say with more certainty! I agree that was kind of weird. I didn't see Dr. Thompson again after my surgery until my post-op appointment when he gave me my rib in an envelope (somewhat surreal but I'm glad I have it as a memento )

intrepiddreamer

I had complications and only saw him once or twice while in the hospital which considering what I went through was not what I expected.....was there 1 month.
Nurses, residents & fellows were the only ones seeing me daily.

chloecasey