This is my first time posting to any online forum. Most of my questions about surgery have been answered and my fears/worries validated by those of you who are about to go through it and all of the support from those post op - thank you! I'm scheduled for surgery May 31 at Mass General. I have a 45 degree thorasic curve, a 55 degree lumbar curve, and a rib hump. Not quite sure yet what will be fused. I have a lot of pain in what feels like my hip/pelvis. The doctor says this could be from the curves and rotation of the spine. Anyone else with hip pain prior to surgery? Did it go away after the surgery? My back hurts after I stand or sit too long. I guess I want to be assured that the surgery and recovery period are worth the end result.
I also worry about what it feels like to wake up after the operation. I was very sick after my 3 c sections and very itchy from the morphine - this was just from the spinal. I'm 41.
Has anyone had their surgery in two parts? I think I will have two operations four days apart so I'm not under for over 10 hours - this is what the doctor is telling me. I can't imagine I'll feel that great going into the second surgery.
I also worry about what it feels like to wake up after the operation. I was very sick after my 3 c sections and very itchy from the morphine - this was just from the spinal. I'm 41.
Has anyone had their surgery in two parts? I think I will have two operations four days apart so I'm not under for over 10 hours - this is what the doctor is telling me. I can't imagine I'll feel that great going into the second surgery.
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