Dr. Bex

Because there may be a period of time where pain is worse. And so patients with Ehlers-Danlos, to be fair, because of all the laxity and everything, they do live with chronic pain. A lot of them do. And so, but that changes your tolerance to pain as well. So postoperative pain is going to be different, right? than preoperative pain. I'm not saying better or worse. It may be different.

Because there may be a period of time where pain is worse. And so patients with Ehlers-Danlos, to be fair, because of all the laxity and everything, they do live with chronic pain. A lot of them do. And so, but that changes your tolerance to pain as well. So postoperative pain is going to be different, right? than preoperative pain. I'm not saying better or worse. It may be different.

And so I think always prepping anyone going into this kind of a major surgery for what this might look like, what our plans are to manage it. And, you know, really making sure it's that whole, the whole team approach. And I'm not talking more tests, more of this. I'm talking behavioral health, maybe if it's appropriate, a pain management team, if it's appropriate.

And so I think always prepping anyone going into this kind of a major surgery for what this might look like, what our plans are to manage it. And, you know, really making sure it's that whole, the whole team approach. And I'm not talking more tests, more of this. I'm talking behavioral health, maybe if it's appropriate, a pain management team, if it's appropriate.

And so I think always prepping anyone going into this kind of a major surgery for what this might look like, what our plans are to manage it. And, you know, really making sure it's that whole, the whole team approach. And I'm not talking more tests, more of this. I'm talking behavioral health, maybe if it's appropriate, a pain management team, if it's appropriate.

If we prepare ahead of time, I feel like the outcomes are better after versus promising things or someone coming into it thinking this is going to change everything and change my whole life. But honestly, if you still have Ehlers-Danlos, some of your chronic pain may still be there.

If we prepare ahead of time, I feel like the outcomes are better after versus promising things or someone coming into it thinking this is going to change everything and change my whole life. But honestly, if you still have Ehlers-Danlos, some of your chronic pain may still be there.

If we prepare ahead of time, I feel like the outcomes are better after versus promising things or someone coming into it thinking this is going to change everything and change my whole life. But honestly, if you still have Ehlers-Danlos, some of your chronic pain may still be there.

And I think being very upfront about that, that maybe we're hoping this whatever it is might work, but understand that there's still all these other things playing into it.

And I think being very upfront about that, that maybe we're hoping this whatever it is might work, but understand that there's still all these other things playing into it.

And I think being very upfront about that, that maybe we're hoping this whatever it is might work, but understand that there's still all these other things playing into it.

Yeah, that's good context.

Yeah, that's good context.

Yeah, that's good context.

The exclusion criteria.

The exclusion criteria.

The exclusion criteria.

So there is something called median arcuate ligament syndrome. These all have these acronyms. So it's MALS, it's M-A-L-S. The idea is in our abdominal cavity, we have a lot of things that are supposed to develop in form and be in the right place and not compress anything else.

So there is something called median arcuate ligament syndrome. These all have these acronyms. So it's MALS, it's M-A-L-S. The idea is in our abdominal cavity, we have a lot of things that are supposed to develop in form and be in the right place and not compress anything else.

So there is something called median arcuate ligament syndrome. These all have these acronyms. So it's MALS, it's M-A-L-S. The idea is in our abdominal cavity, we have a lot of things that are supposed to develop in form and be in the right place and not compress anything else.