Reverse Shoulder Replacement Surgery
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[QUOTE=hecash;24936562][QUOTE=SheDrivesIt;24936208]Wow, My understanding was that this method is used when there is too much damage to install the new joint in the conventional manner and that a large amount of the post procedural discomfort comes from the preparation required to accommodate this new configuration.
Your understanding is right on the money. In my case, four years ago I took a fall from a high workbench while rummaging through a storge box of fuel injector parts. On the way to the ground I decided to try a parachute landing roll avoid a lot of injury. I pulled it off landing lower leg, upper leg and pushing off with my right hand to roll and then stand erect. I was amazed that I pulled it off at age 74 and then quite pleased with myself. But, the next day I awoke to a shoulder that screamed of pain with the slightest movement. CT scan showed the orthopedic surgeon that I use that I had torn all four of my rotator cuff connections and that it was not repairable. Having been in the OR so many times in the past, I opted to try to live with it but that came to another painful end around the new year.
Rick's injury was similar, as far as damage. (He was body surfing in RI) At first they thought it was a dislocation, until he didn't regain motion. Had they done one more X ray initially, they would have seen the hunk of bone that was disconnected. More tests showed he too had torn all the tendons of the rotator cuff. Had it been discovered earlier, he may have had better result with the repair. Though the repairs failed, it was amazing he didn't have pain. He's never felt bad that he doesn't have enough range of motion to paint a ceiling, and always thankful that he didn't break his neck or have to live with daily pain.
Give it time, Harry. It took me a full six months to feel better after rotator cuff repair.
Your understanding is right on the money. In my case, four years ago I took a fall from a high workbench while rummaging through a storge box of fuel injector parts. On the way to the ground I decided to try a parachute landing roll avoid a lot of injury. I pulled it off landing lower leg, upper leg and pushing off with my right hand to roll and then stand erect. I was amazed that I pulled it off at age 74 and then quite pleased with myself. But, the next day I awoke to a shoulder that screamed of pain with the slightest movement. CT scan showed the orthopedic surgeon that I use that I had torn all four of my rotator cuff connections and that it was not repairable. Having been in the OR so many times in the past, I opted to try to live with it but that came to another painful end around the new year.
Give it time, Harry. It took me a full six months to feel better after rotator cuff repair.
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My BIL fell recently and has been in pain since. Thought he fractured three ribs but now after a CT scan it is actually five and a compressed thoracic vertebra. He turns 85 on Sun. It was his second bad fall in three weeks. Let’s hope the last!
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It's been a couple weeks since you started this thread, Harry. I hope you are a bit more comfortable? I spoke to my sister today. Her husband is going to have shoulder #2 replaced in about two weeks. I asked her how he fared after the first surgery and the first two weeks were most uncomfortable. Obviously, if he's taking a chance and getting his other shoulder done, he's happy with the first surgery. Hang in there!
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From: Loveland, CO
Recently (10 May), I had a reverse shoulder replacement procedure to reverse a full rotator cuff injury and its related pain that I got in a fall from about 5 feet in the garage four years ago.
There is a good aspect and a bad aspect to this.
The good is that it took me 78 years to make the worst decision of my life.
The bad is that my wife will not let me buy a gun so that I can shoot myself.
There is a good aspect and a bad aspect to this.
The good is that it took me 78 years to make the worst decision of my life.
The bad is that my wife will not let me buy a gun so that I can shoot myself.
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