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

[Ed Hurst]

It blesses us to read a good report. Our Lord hears our prayers.

[forrealone]

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.

[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.

[forrealone]

Sounds good, Jay!

[jaybreak]

I had my follow up with the surgeon. He said everything is looking good. I can finally rid myself of this accursed sling on the 16th this month. I'm thinking of burning it.

He also gave me images of what he did during the operation, which I was kinda hoping for. I'm not squeamish at all and it's one of the only chances I'd get to see part of my insides, so why not?

Thanks for the prayers, folks.

[forrealone]

I had my follow up with the surgeon. He said everything is looking good. I can finally rid myself of this accursed sling on the 16th this month. I'm thinking of burning it.

He also gave me images of what he did during the operation, which I was kinda hoping for. I'm not squeamish at all and it's one of the only chances I'd get to see part of my insides, so why not?

Thanks for the prayers, folks.

All good news, Jay.  Very happy to hear it!

[jaybreak]

An update: 2 weeks into PT and things are going fine. I just started incorporating strength exercises into the daily routine. Therapist is seeing improvement in range of motion...measurements on some days show more improvement than ithers. The important thing is that I don't regress into a narrower range of motion (which I'm not).

Sleep is still a challenge, but I think I have the right setup now. Still in the chair; I've tried a few times on the couch and in bed, but I just move around too much and it disturbs the shoulder.

Per aspera ad astra.

[Ed Hurst]

You may recall it was similar for me after the collision. It was weeks before I could move from sleeping in the recliner to staying the whole night in bed. But as your Latin motto implies, if we keep struggling through adversity, it marks us as children of Heaven. It's not the success, but the attitude.

[jaybreak]

An update. I saw the surgeon last week, and he doesn't think I need any more therapy. I wasn't sure about that, so he wrote me another Rx for PT, just in case. My therapist wants a few more sessions to make sure I can do what I need to do, to take semi-final measurements, etc. My ultimate goals might've been a little higher than some people my age: getting back to lifting and exercising like I used to. All of that is met now except for overhead type of exercises, which I can only do with no or very little weight.

After PT, the residual pains from motion, if any, clear up months down the road. I have a few of those but they are negligible.