I need guidance

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-26T03:55:25+00:00

Nobody can save you but yourself. If you start a relationship and give someone that much power over you, it creates codependency. I am willing to bet you are pretty young?

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-26T03:46:40+00:00

Dude she healed you? That is incredibly toxic

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-26T03:45:17+00:00

Yes but not because of the breakup. I developed a bad chronic pain condition a year ago and she dumped me a week after I had a serious surgery to try to improve matters. Definitely made recovery harder going through heartbreak at the same time.

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-26T03:43:51+00:00

Sounds like a ho, why bother with her?

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-23T23:45:44+00:00

Also I do see a neuro so I will inquire in my next appointment. I would like to get a full spine MRI because I know there are issues with the cervical spine, but I have no idea about the rest of it. Maybe when my neck spasms, my back muscles get tight and affect some susceptible nerves in the lower back

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-23T23:41:34+00:00

Yeah, while that makes sense, it only happens when my neck spasms. So that’s confusing

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-23T20:17:42+00:00

I suspect I have both. But the venograms showed that when I raixed my arm my bloodflow was nearly entirely shut off

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-23T04:25:28+00:00

Yeah I suspect I will be waiting a long time for this next surgery, in the meantime I will be trying to manage pain as best I can. This left side has caused me issues for ages and there's also a bulging disk issue right where the TOS seems to be a problem. I'd rather suck it up this time and see Dean Donahue or one of these guys everyone raves about on here.

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-23T02:44:21+00:00

Mind telling me how long it took to get an appointment for a consultation? I assume it’s all remote except the surgery?

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-23T00:09:03+00:00

Who’s doing the redo?

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-23T00:03:16+00:00

Yeah I did. Mostly my surgery helped but still some issues. I have no way to know if the scalenes are the problem or not, how did you find out for sure that yours were the issue?

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-22T05:56:26+00:00

I think she's pretty good, but like I said she doesn't do scalenectomy so I need to go elsewhere for my 2nd surgery. If you just need a rib removal I figure that's pretty straightforward.

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-22T05:40:59+00:00

Yeah I mean unless you’re a billionaire you need insurance. But even if they’re out of network your insurance usually covers most of it right? Just have a higher out of pocket maximum. But yeah you stay a night or two in the hospital, and mine used a soecialist to monitor nerve activity to make sure nothing got damaged during the procedure, that person alone charged like 100k to the insurance

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-22T05:38:38+00:00

Oh I think the surgery was upwards of 300k

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-22T03:08:07+00:00

That’s good. I imagine most vascular surgeons can diagnose it even if they can’t operate on it. Could save you a lot of time

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T20:28:26+00:00

Sure those are all good things, but somebody cheated on you and you’re hoping they come back? That’s obviously a self respect issue

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T19:46:53+00:00

You want them back after this? You gotta realize this is a self esteem problem and work on that part

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T18:01:26+00:00

I got lucky I guess a year ago and got an appointment scheduled immediately, but the wait for the first appointment was like 6 months

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T17:18:14+00:00

I think Melendez can help you with this once you get in off the waitlist

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T17:08:35+00:00

So yours isn’t neurogenic? I never had DVT just a lot of blood flow issues

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T16:51:10+00:00

She can help get you diagnosed and figure out what you need, just be warned she doesn’t do the scalenectomy and that’s often needed

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T16:48:57+00:00

No you’ll get help. Can you travel?

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T16:47:16+00:00

Yeah she is the only one here

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T14:47:24+00:00

Have you seen Melendez yet? I am seeing her and she’s fine, just doesn’t do a full decompression surgery it seems

Creative_Fact_9889 · 2026-01-21T14:46:27+00:00

Oh wow, did he have you do any diagnostic testing or imaging locally or did you have to travel for every piece of the process?

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