re: Shoulder surgery question.........

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Wear your sling
Follow MD restrictions
Go to PT
Do your home exercises
Your in it for the long haul

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Well this doesn't sound fun. I've got impingement and a slap tear and need surgery. Been pushing it off for several years due to young children. Don't want to be useless for so many months.

Had this in March. Make sure you get nerve block with anesthesia. Shoulder ice pack is life saver. Wore it to bed. Bought off Amazon and some extra gel packs for it. It helped me more than any pain medication

First two responses are on point.

I will add: sweat pants are your friend. Going to the bathroom by yourself is impossible otherwise.

Also, after about 10 days, when you think you feel better, you will try to open or close a car door and be painfully reminded that it is too soon.

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Any of you guys ever had shoulder surgery?

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4 x here.

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I have a torn labrum, rotator cuff tear, and possible bicep tear. Having surgery Tuesday.

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I've torn my rotator cuff and rhomboid muscle. I've also had anchors inserted into my shoulder joint area to keep my shoulder from popping out. Lastly, I've also had a distal clavicle excision.

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Any information and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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I hope surgery is beneficial for you. I still, from time to time, hurt like hell --- where it feels like the back of my shoulder blade area is on fire.

Gonna have to learn that western grip, baw.

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Wear your sling
Follow MD restrictions
Go to PT
Do your home exercises
Your in it for the long haul

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All this..and hopefully you have someone at home to help you the first few weeks after surgery..Little things you don't think about..like cooking, bathroom functions, putting on your clothes, reading a book, opening a beer, putting an album on the turntable, driving, ....etc...

I don't want to ever go through that again..good luck..

Ditto on all the previous mentions of:

One of the worse surgeries ever

Doing your rehab is very important

Cold therapy machine is worth the $200 I spent. Made the pain a lot more bearable first 2 weeks.

You are sleeping in a recliner for 2 to 4 weeks.

Don't overdo it coming back--easy to re-tear stuff.

If the surgery is on your dominant hand, get used to using the other hand. Hardest thing for me was butt wiping and mouse clicking. I ended up with a urinary tract infection because I wasn't doing a good job wiping so think of using a bidet, handheld shower attachment, baby wipes or a really good friend to wipe your butt. And if you are over 50, you will throw like a girl for the rest of your life.

One benefit from the surgery is that I'm pretty much ambidextrous now (except for the butt wiping and mouse clicking). And the left-handed self-pleasuring for 2 months was like having a mistress.

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Well this doesn't sound fun. ? I've got impingement and a slap tear and need surgery. Been pushing it off for several years due to young children. Don't want to be useless for so many months.

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I pushed my surgery off for 3 years and was in the gym constantly, now I have 0 strength on that shoulder (dominant).

Costco buy recliner
Pharmacy get pain killers
Do your damn PT & home exercises
Learning to wipe your arse with your non dominant hand
I have had 4 you will be good to go depending on what they do

Had my right shoulder destroyed back in 1984. Complete separation and dislocation with no chance to reconstruct the joint cavity.

I have essentially a sling made up of surgical latex tape that holds the ball joint in place. Looks freaky in x-rays.

I remember recovery started out real slow and hurt like hell. Progress was exponential, though, once the pain subsided.

Doctor released me after I told him I had played golf against his orders. He asked how I played. I told him I shot 76, and he told me to enjoy the rest of my life.

Got a cool looking scar.