CF Happens

I had my 6 week surgery check up with my neurosurgeon today. I’m doing well. My 4 inch incision is all healed as well! My no bending, no lifting and no twisting restrictions have been lightened a bit. I’m now allowed to lift up to 20-25 pounds for the next 7 ish weeks which will take me to the 3 month mark since surgery. Mid April I’ll be free of the lifting restriction!! The no bending and no twisting is lifted but obviously I just have to be smart and not do too much. I have mastered squatting to do what needs done to get by the last 6 weeks.

I will be having another MRI of my lower lumbar in August sometimes (6 months post surgery) to check for any remnants of the schwannoma that was removed and to make sure there was no regrowth. I will see my neurosurgeon after the MRI. The appointment with my surgeon is already scheduled for August 28th for results of the MRI. The pathology of the nerve sheath tumor (schwannoma) that was removed showed that it was all regular schwannoma and not cancerous. All good news!

NOW ONTO A LUNG STATUS UPDATE: I’m on day 10 of 14 of IV antibiotics. Lung wise, I’m feeling better than I was when I started IVs so I’ll take it. However, on Saturday night I pulled a chest muscle while coughing. I felt a pop and instantly had a stabbing pain in the left side of my mid back. It took my breath away instantly of course. This isn’t the first time I’ve pulled a chest muscle from coughing. There has been too many to count honestly. I’ve also fractured multiple ribs from coughing so hard. You can actually see old fracture lines on my chest x-ray. Such is life with CF. haha.

Until next time…