Hi everyone,
I am new here and thought this would be a great place to get advice from others who may have experienced what I am going through. I just had surgery a little over 4 months ago, and I find that I am still not as happy as I was before the surgery. There are a number of reasons why I am feeling this way, but if I had to sum it up into one sentence, I would have to attribute my unhappiness to being dissatisfied with the surgery. I know I look better than before the surgery, but my rib hump is still there somewhat and my shoulder blade still sticks out on one side. I feel that even after the surgery, it's gotten worse bc my rib hump came back a bit. Everytime I bring it up to my doctor he doesn't seem to think anything is wrong since the rods are still in place. He said it's normal for the ribs to move around after the surgery. Some of my friends have told me that I might have had my expectations too high to begin with and that I just need to accept how my body looks now and move on. I find it so hard to just accept things though. I just keep thinking that if I hadn’t waited so long to get the surgery or done something differently, then things would have turned out better. School kept me so busy all the time that I never really had a chance to get the surgery done until now. I'm just wondering if anyone else was unhappy with the way things turned out at anytime after their surgery and how you've dealt with things. Any advice on what to do? I know that I should just be grateful that I came out of surgery safely.
Thanks for your help
Pooh7243
I am new here and thought this would be a great place to get advice from others who may have experienced what I am going through. I just had surgery a little over 4 months ago, and I find that I am still not as happy as I was before the surgery. There are a number of reasons why I am feeling this way, but if I had to sum it up into one sentence, I would have to attribute my unhappiness to being dissatisfied with the surgery. I know I look better than before the surgery, but my rib hump is still there somewhat and my shoulder blade still sticks out on one side. I feel that even after the surgery, it's gotten worse bc my rib hump came back a bit. Everytime I bring it up to my doctor he doesn't seem to think anything is wrong since the rods are still in place. He said it's normal for the ribs to move around after the surgery. Some of my friends have told me that I might have had my expectations too high to begin with and that I just need to accept how my body looks now and move on. I find it so hard to just accept things though. I just keep thinking that if I hadn’t waited so long to get the surgery or done something differently, then things would have turned out better. School kept me so busy all the time that I never really had a chance to get the surgery done until now. I'm just wondering if anyone else was unhappy with the way things turned out at anytime after their surgery and how you've dealt with things. Any advice on what to do? I know that I should just be grateful that I came out of surgery safely.
Thanks for your help
Pooh7243
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