I know exactly how you are feeling. Believe it or not it is normal on how you are feeling right now. It is very flustrating. I had 4 surgeries in 4 months,but I am 1 yr post op. I hate to say this to you, but another supporter on here told me " Having Chairi is a life chainging thing" It has been very hard for me also. I started working when I was sixteen too and I worked until I was 48 and had my surgery I couldn't live life the way I was living it, but now I relate to what you are going through and I have been in those step's. Take one day at a time. I know how hard it is. I thought I'll get this surgery, get kixed, then go back to work. God had different plans for me and apparently for you also. I had to quite my job due to it being so physical. I have also applied for disability. Congrat's on gettinng your's. I know how you feel about getting Soc Sec too. It was hard for me to go appy, but as my dr said and my lawyer. I put into Soc Sec all these year's that I have worked 33. Now I'm just asking for some of it back. It's been a struggle for me also excepting this kind of life. I loved to garden, ALOT, ride motorcycles, travel, crochet, sew. You name it Ive tried it, Now I can't hardly do any thing. I have learned to a little each day. As for you please take it as easy as possi le. You are still in the process of healing, please don't lift anything or strain. You don't want to end up back in the hospital. As far as the lump's in the back of your head. I would say this is normal. If it is in your neck and it feel's like a lump. I have that same problem. My doctor tell's me it is a muscle that they have to move in order to get to where they need to get your surgery done. So that muscle is in pain, and it will take a while to know any better than that. Put a light heat on it. It seem's to help me, I have also put ice on it at time's too. My heart goes out to you and I'm crying just writing this to you because it is a hard journey for us to go on. Your not alone though. We are heare for you to listen. I can't say tomorrow will get better for you. As I don't know what will be with me. Selma has given me hope though with telling me that she felt a tremendous difference in 2 years than in one. We all have to have pateince. Something I didn't have before surger. I have learn now or should say still dealing and excepting we need to take one day at a time. God will stengthen us, and show us where our next step's are. First you have to focus on healing. I know how hard that is when your in pain all the time, but it does get better. You body is in shock right now. You just need to relax and take time. We weren't made in a day, so we won't heal in a day neither. Just hard to deal with I know. We appreciate you. I'm so thankful to hear you have a loving and surpportive family. That helps a lot. I also know what you mean by not passing this on to your children. My daughter is 33 and she has TMJ and she complain's of headaches all the time. I worry about this all the time. Even though they say it's not heretitary. MMM I wonder. Take it easy today, and always know your not alone.
Hi and welcome to the Chiari forum.
This can be a very complex surgery since it involves the nerves, and they can take up to 2 yrs to fully heal.....so, take ur time and allow urself to heal.
As linnielou mentioned it is normal to have symptoms and pains post op and at 3 weeks it can be surgical pains....and as u get to 3 months it can be the nerves becoming active again....
Unless u have vomiting and pains that r worse than b4 surgery then u should be ok...if it is worse call ur Dr or go to the ER.
"selma"
I'm sorry you are having such a hard time! You are in my prayers!
I'm from Arkansas also! What part of AR are you from and who is your NS? He sounds a lot like mine... Always busy! I'm close to Little Rock and I see Dr Timothy Burson