Hi all,
You may or may not remember that I had an anterior fusion in January 2007 and then another op in April 07 to remove the stumps left behind when two of my ribs were removed as the were protruding.
I have been in a massive amount of pain since then and am still on all the pain meds and using a TENS machine. My pain management doctor (at my local hospital) thought that my pain was muscular.
Anyway, I had an appointment with my surgeon on Tuesday for my one year check. I thought that I would just be discharged, as apart from the pain I have had no other problems.
To my dismay, it turns out that my pain is caused by the fact that my bone graft didn't take. Two of my vertabrae are rubbing together and the disc has slightly slipped. I have go to go for a CT scan in Stanmore in the next few weeks and then back in for more surgery to correct it, which means yet more time off work . I have only been back since September as it is.
I am so disapointed. I was hoping to get back to full time work in the next few weeks. I thought that finally everything was coming together and I could see the (now very bright) light at the end of the tunnel.
Now I feel like I have been thrown back to square one. I am so devestated by it. It seems that whenever something is going right for me, something has to happen to ruin it. My fiance and I recently got engaged and I was so happy last weekend as I had picked my dress, but as usual my happiness didn't last long.
I'm sorry if my post is a bit negative, but I am so upset.
Kazyn x
You may or may not remember that I had an anterior fusion in January 2007 and then another op in April 07 to remove the stumps left behind when two of my ribs were removed as the were protruding.
I have been in a massive amount of pain since then and am still on all the pain meds and using a TENS machine. My pain management doctor (at my local hospital) thought that my pain was muscular.
Anyway, I had an appointment with my surgeon on Tuesday for my one year check. I thought that I would just be discharged, as apart from the pain I have had no other problems.
To my dismay, it turns out that my pain is caused by the fact that my bone graft didn't take. Two of my vertabrae are rubbing together and the disc has slightly slipped. I have go to go for a CT scan in Stanmore in the next few weeks and then back in for more surgery to correct it, which means yet more time off work . I have only been back since September as it is.
I am so disapointed. I was hoping to get back to full time work in the next few weeks. I thought that finally everything was coming together and I could see the (now very bright) light at the end of the tunnel.
Now I feel like I have been thrown back to square one. I am so devestated by it. It seems that whenever something is going right for me, something has to happen to ruin it. My fiance and I recently got engaged and I was so happy last weekend as I had picked my dress, but as usual my happiness didn't last long.
I'm sorry if my post is a bit negative, but I am so upset.
Kazyn x
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