Health update: the trip to the big hospital went well. The x-rays and CT scan showed that the lung is healing up nicely.
The pain comes from the diaphragm repair, which is causing the pain in the chest, ribs and back. The hospital is writing to my GP to explore pain management and physio options, because it's likely to be the end of the year before I heal from the operation fully.
The CT scan did show up a problem with my heart again, the good old atrial fibulation. My heart isn't contracting properly, which explains the fatigue, so I'm having to go back on blood thinners for the first time in years.
So while the thoracic department may be done with me, the cardiology peeps may be seeing a bit of me soon.
The pain comes from the diaphragm repair, which is causing the pain in the chest, ribs and back. The hospital is writing to my GP to explore pain management and physio options, because it's likely to be the end of the year before I heal from the operation fully.
The CT scan did show up a problem with my heart again, the good old atrial fibulation. My heart isn't contracting properly, which explains the fatigue, so I'm having to go back on blood thinners for the first time in years.
So while the thoracic department may be done with me, the cardiology peeps may be seeing a bit of me soon.
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