3 posts tagged “shoulder”

So it's my first day back at work after the surgery.  I've been in the office for about 2 hours or so now and I'm ready to go home :)  It suuuuuucks.  For some reason, this chair I'm sitting in is uncomfortable and I haven't found a good position yet.  I'm sure it's just a psychological thing in that I'd rather be home rather than at work.

It's been pretty quiet so far.  Not sure a lot of people know I'm back yet since I haven't been wandering the halls or anything.  Followup with the doc happens in a couple hours and I'm hoping he'll be like "look at that amazing recovery, you won't have to wear the sling much longer.  Certainly not the 6 weeks we originally expected."

Stupid fucking sling.

Last day of free use* of my left arm for like 6 weeks!  I'm so nervous.  and sick.  haha, yeah I managed to pick up a cold over the weekend.  It's awesome.  Tomorrow I'll be in surgery and there should be some awesome/gross pictures to share when I'm home!**.  Thanks again for driving glynn!

*if you define free use as anything that doesn't require me to put a strain on the shoulder that could potentially pop it out. 

** This assumes I can easily get the pictures off my camera.  Stupid xp+sp2 seems to trigger some retarded microsoft camera/scanner program that doesn't interface with the camera correctly instead of just mounting the camera as a removable drive.  Dumb dumb dumb.  Guess I need to buy a card reader after all.

It's official (mostly as I'm awaiting a letter from his assistant).

October 11th is when I'll be getting my shoulder fixed.  After ely's wedding, but 15 days before the clemson game so I can have enough time to recover and still go!

The guy that'll be fixing me is Dr. Ray Thal, the team doctor for the Redskins, so that's sorta cool.  His office has a wall covered with signed pics of the players.  I'm not sure of the time yet as that'll be determined by the assistant, but according to him, I'll be able to type (yay world of warcraft!) just a couple days after the surgery.

What's wrong with my shoulder?  Well, it dislocates if I look at it funny.  Once in my shoulder, he'll be tightening up some things.  Also, according to the MRI, there's a tear in the labrum that connects the ball to the socket.  Soooo, that's what he'll be repairing.  It's an arthroscopic procedure so there'll just be a couple holes in the shoulder.  The way the tear is, he'll be using these little anchors that attach to the bone to hold it on there.  The picture he showed me makes them look like drywall anchors.  seriously.  I have the little pamphlet at home so I'll upload the pics later.