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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)
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@sclindajanssen, this is so encouraging and I will be referring back to this as I do other posts. Others have said the recovery is long and I kind of understand it now. My gallbladder removal was lapriscopic too but this is much more involved. My doctor did addressed the nerves. I am optimistic but can see I will have to be patient.
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Hi @annief
Hope you don't mind me asking, but was there a major issue with your gall bladder? I only ask because I too had mine out in the hope it would relieve the pain, which it didn't. It points back to what I said in an earlier post in reply to @kanaazpereira and the fact it's a condition of exclusion. How many people have had unnecessary surgery before they get to the MALs diagnosis?
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Glad it’s hellful. One more important thing for recovery: avoid sitting at all costs and lay down frequently, even if only 10 minutes here and there. Sitting causes more compression on surgical site. I got an elevating work station at 3 months post surgery and that’s when the pain really started to subside and the healing speeded up. 1 year now and I still stand at work rather than sit. I probably always will because they can’t surgically raise the diaphragm :).