I'm able to eat food again whereas before surgery I was down to eating only applesauce. I'm still having some issues with reflux and indigestion/gassiness though and I really hope it is all due to the gallbladder! It still hurts where I have incisions and then inside underneath them ...
I NEVER sleep on my back, except now, post-knee-surgery, when I do it almost all the time because every other position hurts more. But I do not know what to do with my feet! My natural inclination is to have them basically as if I were standing, except that I’ve been tipped ont...
I’m glad to be done with this round of surgeries, though my stitches itch and I have to wait another week to have them removed. The doctor was amazing and actually, he’s the same surgeon who did my first major surgery when I was fifteen. He’s just as wonderful and fatherly as a...
Surgery You probably won’t need this -- rest and physical therapy work most of the time. But certain problems, like a torn rotator cuff, may need surgery. It can range from simple arthroscopy to take out scar tissue to major open surgery to rebuild your shoulder. 16/16 Treatment for Le...
I will often tell a patient to look in the mirror with their shirt off and if they do not like the appearance of their shoulder with the medial displacement due the shortening of the clavicle then that can be corrected with surgery (although they are trading a bump for a scar). Done ...
I’m dealing with the exact same thing now and had my surgery January 2017. I wish I never spent the money to get it. My head hurts constantly and I was told my left eye needs to be done over again. I’m just thinking about getting glasses and just call it a day. I will never...
This is really painful! It has been painful for over six months now. This really hurts I am not looking forward to surgery because throw a little MS in and I’m not sure what my rehab is going to look like. I know one thing though; it is going to be long and painful!
The surgery was basically four-in-one. I had my torn ligaments cut out and replaced by a graft from a tendon in my lower foot. This was attached by drilling holes in my ankle and tying or knotting the tendon. Once the bone grew back, voila, I have a new ligament. Two lesser surg...
I have fought a battle with diverticulitis for years which placed me with an eighteen-inch colon resection. I have experienced painful episodes from scar tissue which resulted in surgery earlier this year. Needless to say, I am the sum of my scars–each one with its own story and recovery....
Mary Jane Minkin, MD, is a practicing gynecologist with a special interest in menopause. She is a North American Menopause Society-certified menopause clinician. She is also the co-director of the Sexuality, Intimacy and Menopause for Cancer Survivors program at the Smilow Cancer Center. She has...