Hello everyone! It seems like it has been quite some time since I was last on here. I hope everyone is doing well. I am wondering if anyone might have some advice, or possibly experienced something similar to my situation....
My one year post-op will be on July 10th. The main reason why I went through with surgery was to reduce the pain I was experiencing from the scoliosis. Well, this year of recovery has been very difficult pain wise. I stopped taking pain meds in September. The pain has been so dibilitating this whole year, but I felt like I needed to wait it out until my one year mark...thinking it was just surgery related. I am unable to do ANYTHING without being in pain. The only thing that helps is laying down and even that doesn't seem to help a whole lot. This has just been so depressing because I am in so much more pain than I ever was before surgery. I am only 23 and I truly can't imagine living the rest of my life like this. I went in to see my surgeon today and his response was "well, the hardward is in place, it looks like a good fusion, and there really isn't anything else we can do." He had just suggested taking anti inflammatory meds. I feel so hopeless right now. Does anyone have advice on what I should do? Thanks.
Christine
My one year post-op will be on July 10th. The main reason why I went through with surgery was to reduce the pain I was experiencing from the scoliosis. Well, this year of recovery has been very difficult pain wise. I stopped taking pain meds in September. The pain has been so dibilitating this whole year, but I felt like I needed to wait it out until my one year mark...thinking it was just surgery related. I am unable to do ANYTHING without being in pain. The only thing that helps is laying down and even that doesn't seem to help a whole lot. This has just been so depressing because I am in so much more pain than I ever was before surgery. I am only 23 and I truly can't imagine living the rest of my life like this. I went in to see my surgeon today and his response was "well, the hardward is in place, it looks like a good fusion, and there really isn't anything else we can do." He had just suggested taking anti inflammatory meds. I feel so hopeless right now. Does anyone have advice on what I should do? Thanks.
Christine
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