Gina
Hello Susan..Well how are you feeling? Yes The surgen went in through my neck, and he did everything,2 ribs out ,2muscles out, cleaned out all the scar tissue in my chest and shoulder..The only relief I can honestly say is the strengh is not there in my left arm..I know how it feels to drop things I have done plenty of times. Did you go through all the epidurals, trigger point injections, and of course the med's dont work.....Im having that problem myself agin....The surgen gave me celebrex,dont work and flexril dont work but the pain is not that bad as it was before i had the surgery.......But I still get the swelling in the arm and neck,pressure pain I'm sure you know that one...The only good thing that might help you is Alot of HEAT....CVS came out with these new hot packs and they go directly on you neck area, they seem to help did you try Lidoderm patches, there for pain...you just stick them on you...they did take the edge off.....You need a script for that...Do you go to pain managemnt? I know physical therapy dont help I was in therapy for 7 months just made it worse...If you have any questions I be happy to help, looks like your now where i was before surgery...mabe some of my tips will help. Talk to you soon....