Shoulder

[jaybreak]

Hey Jay

I am thinking about you and I am sure you hurt right about now.  Give it a few days and it will let up, I promise.  Be careful, go slow, and be patient with yourself and keep your expectations low so as not to push yourself too hard too soon, ok?

Love you and feel for you.

Thank you    This means a lot to me.

Thanks everyone for being patient with me. The surgery went well. The nurses were sweethearts and the anesthesiologist talked my ear off (in a good way). The calcium that was removed was extensive enough that I needed rotator cuff repair, so I will be in a sling for a month or so, with a good time spent in PT. Not sure how long that will be. I see the surgeon for a follow up on Jan 3rd.  

I'm catching up on online stuff the next few days. There's a lot to get to. But thanks everyone for sticking with me

During each of my surgeries, my PT really did not encourage the sling use very much.  The problem, unless you are doing your exercises frequently enough,  is that the lack of motion can encourage buildup of scar tissue that will definitely interfere with proper healing and mobility.  Just throwing that out there.

I understand. The nurses did give me exercises to do already, which I've started, twice a day. They're not weight-bearing, mostly arm-swinging and stretching. I was kind of surprised I could do things so soon after surgery. It does hurt a little to do them but then again, everything kinda hurts. I just don't want to do more permanent damage.