Hi everybody,
I was wondering if anyone else is still in a lot of pain 10 months post-op. I have a lot of tightness in my back all down my spine and find it difficult to take deep breaths. It is so bothersome that I have to lay down to rest my back fairly often. The most pain I would say is in between my shoulder blades and especially whenever I do any kind of movement with my right arm. I still have a residual rib hump that wasn't corrected with the surgery and my scapula sticks out on the right side, so it doesn't glide very well on the rib cage. My surgeon thinks that is part of what's contributing to the pain. I wish that my doctor had decided on the thoracoplasty during the surgery, but he thought that he had gotten a fairly good correction without it. As it turns out, the ribs moved after surgery. One problem that I'm having is that although my surgeon agrees with the movement of the ribs, he says this is about the best correction that I can expect to get...he is okay with the results, but I'm not because of the pain I still have with the hump. I am doing okay with my recovery and working out, but I honestly do not want to live with all this pain. I don't regret the surgery since I definitely needed it. I just regret not having done the thoracoplasty. I left it up to the surgeon and sort of wish I hadn't considering he hadn't done one in two years....I know bad choice. I don't think I would be able to have another surgery for at least a few years down the road so I guess I'll have to deal with the pain for now. I'm not even sure if a thoracoplasty is for me or if it would change anything. Does anyone have any advice for me or experience with this same issue?
I was wondering if anyone else is still in a lot of pain 10 months post-op. I have a lot of tightness in my back all down my spine and find it difficult to take deep breaths. It is so bothersome that I have to lay down to rest my back fairly often. The most pain I would say is in between my shoulder blades and especially whenever I do any kind of movement with my right arm. I still have a residual rib hump that wasn't corrected with the surgery and my scapula sticks out on the right side, so it doesn't glide very well on the rib cage. My surgeon thinks that is part of what's contributing to the pain. I wish that my doctor had decided on the thoracoplasty during the surgery, but he thought that he had gotten a fairly good correction without it. As it turns out, the ribs moved after surgery. One problem that I'm having is that although my surgeon agrees with the movement of the ribs, he says this is about the best correction that I can expect to get...he is okay with the results, but I'm not because of the pain I still have with the hump. I am doing okay with my recovery and working out, but I honestly do not want to live with all this pain. I don't regret the surgery since I definitely needed it. I just regret not having done the thoracoplasty. I left it up to the surgeon and sort of wish I hadn't considering he hadn't done one in two years....I know bad choice. I don't think I would be able to have another surgery for at least a few years down the road so I guess I'll have to deal with the pain for now. I'm not even sure if a thoracoplasty is for me or if it would change anything. Does anyone have any advice for me or experience with this same issue?
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