Rave: Arthroscopy

[Hungary Jack]

Late Friday morning they put me under and went into my shoulder with a scope. They trimmed around the labrum, sawed out some bone spurs, and carved out some space out of my acromium bone. I have 3 poke holes to show for it. That's all.

I woke up that afternoon and went home, but not before stopping at my favorite Jewish deli for a huge lunch.

Saturday morning I took my second and final narcotic pain-killer. By Saturday night I was using Aleve.

By Sunday night I had take a grand total of 4 Aleve. Most of my swelling was gone.

It's Monday, and I'm back in the office. I'm stiff and a bit sore, but I don't feel like someone who just had major shoulder surgery. I can hold things, pull drawers, and even put some weight on my arm.

[jeffbgoofy]

way to go man!! Just take it easier than you think though..glad to hear the after pain was minimal..

[clevername]

it's amazing stuff. Pretty unreal how minimal what used to be major surgeries have become.

I think my mouth was gaping for about a week after I saw my first laproscopic cholecystectomy.

[Fat Strat]

That's great!

[TimeForGuinness]

Late Friday morning they put me under and went into my shoulder with a scope. They trimmed around the labrum, sawed out some bone spurs, and carved out some space out of my acromium bone. I have 3 poke holes to show for it. That's all.

I woke up that afternoon and went home, but not before stopping at my favorite Jewish deli for a huge lunch.

Saturday morning I took my second and final narcotic pain-killer. By Saturday night I was using Aleve.

By Sunday night I had take a grand total of 4 Aleve. Most of my swelling was gone.

It's Monday, and I'm back in the office. I'm stiff and a bit sore, but I don't feel like someone who just had major shoulder surgery. I can hold things, pull drawers, and even put some weight on my arm.

Great news! But don't hold yourself to a timetable or schedule...take it slow and just come back when you feel like everything is good...

...maybe do an extended rehab at single A

[Radbird]

As I sit here 2 weeks into PT with more shoulder pain than ever, this is very good news.

[Hungary Jack]

I feel like I am getting more soreness, but I think it's because I getting more range of motion and using the joint more. I have to remember to rest the thing, which is not easy to do. It's a shoulder after all.

I hope I can swim in a month. There is a lot bone trauma, so this may not be reasonable. Any it still pops, which makes me pray that they fixed the labrum. I'd hate to have go back and get stapled.

[jim]

When my son had his ACL reconstructed, his football coach came to the house the next day to visit and showed us his knee. Big ol' zipper scar. The ACL reconstruction part is all arthroscopic, the only cutting was to harvest the patella tendon. And I'm sure this is related to the relatively non-invasive procudure, but he was literally moving the knee around (with the aid of some contraption) within hours of surgery. There is virtually no scarring at all on his knee, you can see the puncture hold and a small scar where they took the tendon out but you would have to look pretty hard.

[M1IRONMIKE]

Labrum surgery = a deep hatred of you by TLR.......sorry dude but looks like your gonna be traded!!!!

[Hungary Jack]

Labrum surgery = a deep hatred of you by TLR.......sorry dude but looks like your gonna be traded!!!!

Won't be long now. Mrs. Jack has been mumbling about "reduced velocity" and "inability to spot my cutter."