I don’t know how to say this but here it comes. About 10 days before my surgery back in Jan 08 I fell on icy steps at my house and I hurt my arm. I really didn’t think it was all that bad and I mentioned it to my surgeon, and he said that with the drugs I was going to be on that I wasn’t going to feel anything.
Anyway, I went through the surgeries and when I came off the drugs, my arm was hurting big time and we knew that something had to be done and I wanted to wait till my spine was fused and I was ready to handle another surgery. My 4th surgery in 15 months! Ahhhhh……………………….
Last month when I found out that my spine was fused and feeling better about my back, I requested a referral for a shoulder expert. Upon visiting him, we shot x-rays of the shoulder and he noticed that I broke, basically shattered half of the ball area of my humerus up in my shoulder. He couldn’t believe that I didn’t go down to the hospital and I told him that with the back pain that I was going through with my scoliosis, that it really wasn’t all that big of a deal. I have been through some unbelievable crippling pain through my years. We also had some MRIs done and confirmed that I tore one of the four rotator cuff muscles.
When I think back to those days leading up to the surgery, I was so engulfed with all that was going to happen, and all of the changes and planning that I made prior to my scoli surgeries, I was working with a broken shoulder! My humerus fused while my spine fused and I didn’t even know it! I did my anterior and my posterior surgeries with a broken up shoulder too boot!
I feel like Evil Knieval after the Caesars Palace jump back in the 70s. Its amazing what the body can handle. Didn’t I mention that in one of my prior posts?
Right now my back is doing great! I just cant believe how successful my scoliosis surgery has been even with the seriousness of my procedures. The old pre surgical pain is completely gone, you know, the really deep achy pain that just wont quit? I have no regrets.
If you want to see a few screws, look at the attachment in my first thread.
Surgery #4 will be on October 6th
Ed
Anyway, I went through the surgeries and when I came off the drugs, my arm was hurting big time and we knew that something had to be done and I wanted to wait till my spine was fused and I was ready to handle another surgery. My 4th surgery in 15 months! Ahhhhh……………………….
Last month when I found out that my spine was fused and feeling better about my back, I requested a referral for a shoulder expert. Upon visiting him, we shot x-rays of the shoulder and he noticed that I broke, basically shattered half of the ball area of my humerus up in my shoulder. He couldn’t believe that I didn’t go down to the hospital and I told him that with the back pain that I was going through with my scoliosis, that it really wasn’t all that big of a deal. I have been through some unbelievable crippling pain through my years. We also had some MRIs done and confirmed that I tore one of the four rotator cuff muscles.
When I think back to those days leading up to the surgery, I was so engulfed with all that was going to happen, and all of the changes and planning that I made prior to my scoli surgeries, I was working with a broken shoulder! My humerus fused while my spine fused and I didn’t even know it! I did my anterior and my posterior surgeries with a broken up shoulder too boot!
I feel like Evil Knieval after the Caesars Palace jump back in the 70s. Its amazing what the body can handle. Didn’t I mention that in one of my prior posts?
Right now my back is doing great! I just cant believe how successful my scoliosis surgery has been even with the seriousness of my procedures. The old pre surgical pain is completely gone, you know, the really deep achy pain that just wont quit? I have no regrets.
If you want to see a few screws, look at the attachment in my first thread.
Surgery #4 will be on October 6th
Ed
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