Hi all,
I'm starting to get really worried. I was feeling pretty fine about my upcoming surgery (April 27) until I read about this problem in another thread. I'm having an anterior approach surgery fusing T12-L3 and my main motivation was cosmetic althoough there were other considerations as well. But now I'm scared that the result after surgery will be worse than now as I'll have a bulging belly which is harder to hide than a curved spine. Losing weight after surgery to get rid of it seems scary too since I'm already of a pretty small build and don't really want to become a stick or anything. I have two university exams before the surgery and I think the nerves are getting the better of me. If anyone can give me some details about incisional hernias (how common they are, how long they last, getting rid of them, etc) I'd really appreciate it. I can't contact my surgeon until tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks
Edit: Forgot to add that I'm not sure why an anterior approach surgery is being used since my curve is 46 degrees. From what I've seen, it seems that people with bigger curves are the ones who usually have the anterior approach done since it is a bigger recovery and all. Or is it just a surgeon's preference? Would a posterior approach not be suitable for me? Didn't think to ask my surgeon this in the early appointments
I'm starting to get really worried. I was feeling pretty fine about my upcoming surgery (April 27) until I read about this problem in another thread. I'm having an anterior approach surgery fusing T12-L3 and my main motivation was cosmetic althoough there were other considerations as well. But now I'm scared that the result after surgery will be worse than now as I'll have a bulging belly which is harder to hide than a curved spine. Losing weight after surgery to get rid of it seems scary too since I'm already of a pretty small build and don't really want to become a stick or anything. I have two university exams before the surgery and I think the nerves are getting the better of me. If anyone can give me some details about incisional hernias (how common they are, how long they last, getting rid of them, etc) I'd really appreciate it. I can't contact my surgeon until tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks
Edit: Forgot to add that I'm not sure why an anterior approach surgery is being used since my curve is 46 degrees. From what I've seen, it seems that people with bigger curves are the ones who usually have the anterior approach done since it is a bigger recovery and all. Or is it just a surgeon's preference? Would a posterior approach not be suitable for me? Didn't think to ask my surgeon this in the early appointments
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