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Week 13 Post Op
Back in the gym full time now. Started doing low weight deadlifts and squats again and it's magical. Not too much issue with most exercises, I'm still avoiding rotation stuff just to be on the safe side for a few more weeks.
I do however still have very sharp pain in the middle of my incision at the front when I cough or sneeze. There is very definitely a lump there, almost like scar tissue so not sure what that's about but I'll keep an eye on it.
Outside that everything is progressing fine. Waiting for the remainder of the swelling to go down now. Doc said 5 months it would be gone so the countdown is on.
Week 11 Post Op
I did find it seems to have helped a lot on my back. The 'roundness' of my bump at my incision site on the front has reduced a little too. All in all I would say it's definitely worth doing, if for nothing else than the fact I hadn't had a massage or used my core in two months and this really helped with activation and relaxing. I did notice I drained a bit more and it helped the scar tissue too, so a win all around IMHO. :)
This week I've been starting core work, I can't lie it hurt like a [RS bleep] and still does. I'm keeping it simple each morning and separate to gym work, just get my core activated and acclimatised to being used for the first time in nearly three months. I'm focusing on doing it consistently every day for a week or so which should get my core usable enough to start trying larger or more compound movements back at the gym.
Next weekend will be three months exactly and I'm advised I should be able to ramp back up to normal exercise at that point, however I notice that I still get a 'pinching' feeling around where the incision site is at the very front when I squeeze my core so I'll keep an eye on that and try find out how long that takes to go away completely.
Exciting stuff, hopefully be fully functional again in a couple of weeks (swelling and constant compression garments aside).
Week 9 Post Op
No major updates outside that. Dealing with swelling and generally in the grove of stuff now.
Provider Review
Dr Rushapol was amazing. He explained things thoroughly in plain english and was more than willing to offer any detail or answer any question I had (of which there were many). He said at the start, "I will do this surgery like it was my own body", and he really did. The care and attention to detail he showed was amazing. It not only made me feel comfortable with my decision in surgeon but made me feel happy to have gone to Thailand in the first place (would prefer it than staying in Sydney he was that good). Scarring and incisions were extremely neat and heal fast, bedside manner was excellent and the honest care in my results was amazing. Could really not be happier (and I investigated around a dozen surgeons).