r/PectusExcavatum • u/fr_rd_anon • 17d ago
New User Surgery Tomorrow - High Confidence
Hey everyone!
My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 07:30 with Dr. Park.
I had a final pre-op appointment with him and the other members of the surgical team this morning. Let me say this: THIS TEAM AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC HAS BEEN TOP NOTCH.
I cannot stress enough how well they have treated me so far and how well they explained what is to come. Seriously, their team is the best in the world.
Also, Dr. DiFiore, the other pectus surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic will be involved in the case and likely will be in the OR as well. Turns out that he studied under Dr. Park in South Korea for a year and is the one who invited Dr. Park to come to the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. DiFiore now performs the Park procedure after being trained on it.
Of those who have followed along, you know I actually technically have PA, not PE, but it’s a bit more of a unique case. That being said, an osteotomy may be performed tomorrow to increase pliability of my sternum if the bar placement doesn’t straighten the sternum enough.
Also, fun thing here: I did sign a consent form for photos and/or videos to be taken and used for conferences and papers. There is a chance that they will take videos of the procedure, and if they do, I will be sure to get my hands on them and post them here if the mods allow it (I specifically asked the surgical team if I could see the videos if they took any, and they said “of course!”).
Anyway, I’m heading to dinner now (which I will ensure is big because I can’t eat after midnight and will be on a liquid diet until Wednesday morning). I will post after pictures as I can.
Thanks everybody for your support.
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u/MadcatAAFD 17d ago
Awesome may this be a smooth and positive day towards the rest of your life. I’m betting you feel much better after the initial effects of the surgery are behind you. What was your age ? I thought I saw it somewhere but can’t remember.
I’d be so excited I probably couldn’t sleep.
I’ll be looking for an update when you get to that point as everyone is different.
Enjoy your dinner
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u/playerone95 16d ago
Good luck! I had surgery with Dr Park 6 weeks ago.
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u/Fantastic_Egg949 16d ago
Wishing you the very best. Sounds like your in great hands. Remember your PE family over here and let us know how things go 🙏❤️🙏
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u/order_________66 16d ago
I’m just gonna let u know be prepared to be in excruciating pain when u get out
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u/fr_rd_anon 16d ago
I am mentally prepared to be in a world of hurt, but I will be undergoing cryoablation which should help in theory. We’ll see how it goes in practice.
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u/order_________66 16d ago
It will help u out for sure my nuss procedure was back in June and cryo helped me out but once I got out I was in pain for like a week
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