by posertiermadness » 03 Aug 2021, 10:59
what do I know… I have not had LIS, but here is some informed reassurance. I have read most of the research (I have a doctorate in a different area of healthcare). Remember, LIS only relaxes so it can heal, but it can still take quite a while. I think Rich44’s three week recovery may not be the norm. However, there is every reason to believe you will heal.
Of course, you should not do anything that makes it worse (Burgers and pizza, running a marathon), but you should also not avoid activity that stretches your whole body (yoga within comfort… I could not do child’s pose initially, but I can now without reopening… Moving slowly). Imagine keeping your hand constantly flexed to avoid opening a cut on your palm. Then, even a normal position will pull the cut wide open, but if your palm is normal outstretched the cells will migrate to close the wound. Keep a balance of a healthier normal AND careful. You WILL get better (I went to a dark place last summer with this, but that hopelessness does not match the expected medical outcome… I will not go back there). Maybe your healing will take longer than average, maybe you’ll wake up one morning and it’ll just be gone/closed, maybe you will need a second procedure, but this will all be a short time in comparison to the long time you will have without it.
Unfortunately, your doc is likely to simply say, “huh, well, let’s wait and see“ (which will feel like a punch to the gut because it doesn’t help). Then, come back here and we will reassure you. You WILL get better.