I saw Dr. Hansen last week and he happened to have an appointment available on September 17th for surgery so I signed up. Now I’m freaking out. I’m just not 100% convinced that my back pain is from my slipped/hypermobile ribs/broken costal cartilage! In other words, I do have slipped ribs, I’m just not sure I have Slipping Rib Syndrome (pain from slipped ribs). Lots of peoples ribs click, including Dr. Hansen’s, but they don’t have pain. I have plenty of other physical issues on the left side of my body to cause back pain and I don’t have much pain at the subluxated rib tips (an important though not required symptom).
So I figure I have this week to decide. I can’t cancel any later than Friday. I’ll start with the things Barbara suggested:
- Listen to recording of my visit with Dr. Hansen
- Post on Reddit and Facebook