I have noticed over the last month or so, whenever I workout afterwards, especially if I do a more intense routine that requires deeper/heavier breathing, I get this strange "cough" and I feel like my chest is tight for the rest of the day. I do have activity induced asthma, but this doesn't really feel like an asthma attack (it's been so long since I've had one of those I don't even have an inhaler anymore). It feels more like my chest is very tight and when I breathe in it irritates it and makes me cough. Could it be that the lungs and or muscles around the lungs are still very tight from the surgery? Should I be doing breathing exercises still at this point, 5 months post op? Maybe it's a little of both my asthma and the surgery, but I find it annoying/curious.
Has anyone else found this post-op? I never experienced this before this last surgery, and I don't think it's anything scary, just was wondering what it is. I will def ask my surgeon about it at my next follow-up but wanted to ask here first!
oh, and my mom said something the other day I thought you all might appreciate. she was a physician's assistant and worked in the medical world for a long time. But she pointed out the other day that most surgeons will never undergo the surgery they preform. She was saying the reason most post-op care is so terrible is because the surgeons and their staff have never taken care of someone after they go home from the surgery, or have felt the pain we feel with the recovery. She was saying she thought the surgeons for this surgery, as part of their training, should have to take care of a post-op scoli patient for the WHOLE first 2 months. Not just pop in and out to see how our stats look. I think she is on to something!!! =)
Has anyone else found this post-op? I never experienced this before this last surgery, and I don't think it's anything scary, just was wondering what it is. I will def ask my surgeon about it at my next follow-up but wanted to ask here first!
oh, and my mom said something the other day I thought you all might appreciate. she was a physician's assistant and worked in the medical world for a long time. But she pointed out the other day that most surgeons will never undergo the surgery they preform. She was saying the reason most post-op care is so terrible is because the surgeons and their staff have never taken care of someone after they go home from the surgery, or have felt the pain we feel with the recovery. She was saying she thought the surgeons for this surgery, as part of their training, should have to take care of a post-op scoli patient for the WHOLE first 2 months. Not just pop in and out to see how our stats look. I think she is on to something!!! =)
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