I had corrective surgery for sternal nonunion. a metal plate with wiring was placed. it is 8 weeks after and i am still having pain, is this normal. i have lupus type 1 diabetes, and fibromyalgia.

Complicated: Unfortunately, your additional diagnoses willvtend to slow the healing process, and cansensitize you to pain that in ssomeone without them might find less intense. 8 weeksis still plenty of time to expect at least pain improvement if not rresolution. See yoursurgeon for follow up.

Maybe: The one problem is that fibromyalgia patients often have costochondral pain and tenderness which has nothing to do with a sternal nonunion. Therefore, the surgery may or may not help depending on the true cause of the pain.

Possible: The recovery time from surgery varies from person to person but i would suggest that you contact the surgeon to make sure that everything is ok if the pain persists for more than 3 months. People with fibromyalagia are suspected to have a lower pain threshold and this may be a contributory factor for your pain.