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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)

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@jayson

It’s been a long road as a lot of you have being going through for years with a lot of naysayers out there! The fight is real and for those who have been dealing with this miserable syndrome! Keep fighting because there is light at the end of the tunnel!!! Don’t take a no for an answer, or it’s in your head because this is real! I must say you have to have a strong backbone along with support in getting to the resolution your wanting. To feel better and live a normal life. You have to keep plugging along.
The compression release and now the stent have definitely given my life back to me and for my family. I have two beautiful grandkids and I wasn’t going to sit around and waste away! I wanted to be able to run around and enjoy them!

If anyone has questions on who I used for doctors and etc. Please don’t hesitate in dropping a line.
Dr. Lowry was my General Surgeon that did my release. He’s out of Shawnee Mission Hospital & Providence Hospital. Very awesome doctor who listens and understands what your going through. Upfront and personal in your well-being.
Dr. Jenny Cho and Dr. DeCamp Vascular Surgeons. Both of them work together and put a plan together after my open procedure to release my ligament. I had laparoscopic that turned into open (zipper incision).
Both of them work for The University of Kansas Health System. Dr. DeCamp is just like Dr. Lowry down to earth and listens to all that you’re going through. With Dr. Cho and Dr. DeCamp both of them fixed what was broken. Again I’m grateful to all that helped me.

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That's encouraging news for sure. I had a rough go of it the first couple days after surgery also because either the anesthesia or rectus sheath block shut down my bladder so I had to be cathed twice.