Good luck. No surgery exeperience, but a buddy that is a frequent flyer always recommends getting one of those recirculating ice packs if possible. Said it really helped keep inflammation down during recovery and pt. And I only pee about half that much at night
So far so good, doc said it went well and that my shoulder was in pretty bad shape so the knife was well justified.
Just wanted to report that the most hilarious side affect of the nerve block was very unexpected. Normally when I am undergoing an unpleasant dental or medical procedure I daydream about powder skiing or powder snowboarding. But once the nerve block was in and I had limited sensation and little movement control in my left arm going into the surgery, I had a hard time dreaming about powder skiing before the operating room was ready, because I couldn’t actually feel or lift my arm, so I also couldn’t even visualize lifting it for pole planting et cetera! I was actually like, wtf, this sucks, I can’t even IMAGINE that I’m skiing!!!!
Asked in the other should thread, Shralph - did they sew your labrum back together?
Splat, I’ll add more details after my post op visit next week. Doc said shoulder was “pretty bad” so I’m curious if he did anything more than sewing the labrum back to shoulder socket. I’ll get the deets hopefully by end of the week.
Also will be easier to update when I have better texting capabilities hah!
Do you have decent insurance and cash reserves right now? Seems like you might need to find a doc and radiologist who can put a plan together for you ... some mags in the Tahoe thread and Jim and Len probably have some good contacts for you ...
I'm about to schedule with an ortho, mri in hand. I figured I'd ask you ahead of my visit. My regular doc has a bad shoulder from basketball and he kinda just glanced over my mri, then revisited it, and kinda said 'oh, wow'.
Hey splat, I sent you a message via Facebook Messenger early this morning. If you don’t use that I can copy and paste to TGR PM ... I don’t have your email address.
Should've looked for this thread earlier - I (first time) dislocated in June, had bankart repair in July. Feeling pretty solid right now - starting to aggressively weight train again, and can finally ski and mountain bike. Feel free to ask my any questions - I learned a lot about dislocations and shoulders through this whole experience.
Schralph - I ended up repairing my torn labrum, r/c, lats, and splintered tendons with my dmso/cbd cream
Took a few months and now, a couple months further along, my knee is showing results.
Just finding this thread as I dislocated my shoulder on Thanksgiving due to a fall. It self reduced as I was headed toward urgent care. Basically I was trying to find a position where I could sit up straight. A week later my ortho cleared me to ski and surf. So I surfed 4 days later and it came back out on my first text book take off as I pushed up to stand. This one was out for 1.5 hours before they got it back in at urgent care. Now waiting for PT and MRI to get scheduled.
On day 9 of it being back it. I skied with my kid last weekend. Cautiously.
Doc still wants me to wait on surgery. He is pretty nonchalant about it. I just know I do t want it coming out in the water again. That could have been much worse depending on where I was or in bigger surf.
How you feeling Alex?
C, Call me when you have time. Don’t mess around with it. You may not need surgery due to being a few years older than me, but don’t push it until your MRI is in, and listen to your PT. Take Pt notes on your cell phone and do everything 5x per week. It’s possible your muscles are getting worse, not better, right now while you are unconsciously overcompensating and doing stuff to make your dud shoulder function.
I had to get a 2nd surgery 6 months after my initial repair, to free up scar tissue and bursa impingement. Treatment overall was extra slow going due to my car being managed under workers compensation (the injury occurred on a work travel trip). Finally a year after my injury I’m able to buckle my seatbelt with my left arm (grabbing it from behind me) and mountain bike ... skiing is okay too but poling off and XC skiing still makes me sore as hell.
I’ll post a longer more specific update after breakfast.