Rotator Cuff Surgery Day +1
An update to the surgery from Wednesday to Day 1.
As you know I had surgery yesterday to repair a torn rotator cuff. I went back to the doctor today and he removed the dressing and replaced them with bandaids. There were three incisions…One about 2 inches long and two much smaller ones. He removed the bursa, repaired the rotator cuff and did an acromial decompression. (He made a little more room to cut down rubbing. He also trimmed a small bit off the clavicle (Shoulder blade). There were several spurs, one of which was sharp and significantly large. He removed those and the last thing was to remove some debris from arthritis damage. They used two anesthesia procedures: one as a regional (nerve block) and the other was a general.
The block numbed my shoulder, arm, hand and fingers. It wore off about 6:00AM this morning. And then it started to hurt and continues to do so. It should be better tomorrow. I have to wear a huge sling for two weeks. It has a wedge to keep my arm away from my body. I also can’t raise my arm above my head for 6 weeks. I will start physical torture errr therapy on Monday.
An interesting thing they do is take pictures through the arthroscope to show the patient. I am including a picture of 4 snapshots from inside my shoulder. Just what you always wanted to see, huh?
You guys take care…See you on down the road. We love you.
1 comment:
Dad,
I'm sorry the pain blocker wore off, my prayers were that it would last till you were healed, but I guess my prayers weren't as effective as I'd hoped. The pictures were interesting, but if I didn't have the context of your post, I would have thought they were shots from NASA's flybyes of Saturn's moons.
Based on yours and mother's and Nancy's experiences (happy birthday again Nancy!), that I am not going to allow any of my joints to wear down or out. With that thought in mind, I am crawling in bed and not leaving for the next forty years or so.
Love,
Tony
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