Thoracic surgery vlog Videos

+Samara That's okay! Don't apologize! That's the whole reason I did these videos - to help others who were going through the same or similar things :) Honestly, I don't even notice any of the metal in my face haha :) I only noticed the broken plate because I could actually feel it. You can ask to have them removed but if they aren't worrying you, then you can just leave them there. It's up to you :) Getting them out is a lot easier than putting them in!

+Kamara Vlogs Oh, I see :) thank you for explaining this to me properly. This is one of those small details I always wondered about, lol. I would rather have the least amount of metal in my face as possible tbh. Do you think a surgeon would be willing to take out both plates by request or is it usually only done for a specific reason? I apologise for all the questions btw. I am just a curious lass :P

+Samara You don't always need to have them removed, they can just stay in there :) I still have a plates and screws on the left hand side. It takes about 6 weeks for the new bone to grow so after a few months the bone completely heals and then there's no real need for the plate, so no they didn't replace it :)

+Kamara Vlogs and, when they were removed, did they need to be replaced with new ones? or is it a case that the bone grew enough for you to no longer need the metal plates in?

+Samara Hello! Yes they insert them to hold the bones in place while the new bone grows :)

+jadexx143 Thank you! Yeh it was pretty tough but I'm all good now! :) Thanks for watching xx

+Luis Rosales thanks a lot, i will try to do w have u said to me, thanks.

Hmm, thats out of my experience.Don't get me wrong sometimes when my chest is stiff it hurts trying to keep good posture. and when I force myself to keep good posture as days go by I can feel the soreness from it as well. when i force myself to stay in good posture, or start stretching my inner chest as much as I can, I try and condition and stretch the cartilage that connects the ribs to the sternum. (Thats essentially what you want to aim for as that is what's causing the deformity). Which is why the actual procedure literally is pushing the sternum out and nothing more..not including incisions and metalic braces, etc. it's doing what you do when you stretch except obviously, all day everyday.Of course it can only help so much.So far my chest has improved and i started emphasizing more on chest presses over at the gym (theres a small gym where i work, which is cool). Of course Pushups, situps/crunches, are a main part of my workout (and it should be for your too if you have no gym membership).IDk why you feel weak, but if you've been stretching out your chest, thats likely the cause. It could be very sharp pain, so don't over stretch if that's the case. Don't want to break yourself trying to fix yourself. lolAs for other reasons, maybe not enough nutrients, good food. You're probably not actively eating, etc. Get some calcium man, lol.Overall though, not sure about the pain.

+Wwe Epicshows well i need something like that.

+Luis Rosales Tips or something or exercises of sport?

+Youness Rouhfal What do you need help with?

Yeah i feel the same lol. im trying to look for a cheap gym membership lol.

+Luis Rosales I guess I've never really felt enough of a need to act upon, I live in New Zealand and assume surgery would be overseas somewhere. Also mainly recently I've been going to the gym mainly looking to build upper body muscle.

+killakrybaby Is there any reason as to why?

I'm ok, and they only worry if I actually have problems coming from it which i dont.

+Paul W i was ment to go to bone doctor at hospital weeks ago they lost my application shit doctors ment to have one next week now sent another off i will pal.

+ITzHazza Yeah if you find a way of getting it done on the NHS let me know :)

+Paul W the doctor just says that to me aswell and im not sure. Are you from England?

How did your appointment go? I went to my Doctor twice I live in the UK as well and he just tells me 'its just one of those things' which is fucking annoying. You can bet if it was his own son he'd have it fixed for free on the NHS. Do you know how much surgery costs in the UK?

+ITzHazza Oh that sounds fairly good. Hope it goes well for you, and thanks :). Yeah, some don't really help much, unless it requires you to spend a great amount of money. I've never gotten any tips on it other than get surgery, its really annoying.

Hopefully your recovery goes well. I have a good friend with a torn acl and once he has surgery he wont be able to drive for three months apparently.

Good luck with the recovery Dave. Hope all goes well with your future health.

Dave you are a awesome person.!!! I hope your health problems go away.!!!

Sorry to hear about the acl Dave! Hope you get on the mend soon!

Get well soon! Also, you sort of told us the sneak peaks? :P

Good luck Dave, we all wish you the best. 

Get well soon buddy!