Rotator Cuff Repair

well first doc was a moron, you still fit onto an operating table after all, right??

so delete that moron from future use.

next, you are a big guy like you said, so this in of itself may be a cause for you to heal slower.

if you have any medical issues, like diabetes, or pre-diabetes, high BP, these to may be a cause for you to heal slower.

each person heals/recovers at thier own rate.

as for your wife killing you?

you got a cemetery plot paid for, ? the gravestone?

you gonna have a private service or military?

got any girlfriends you wanna say goodbye to?

if she kills you, she kills you, not that big a deal, these days, she will move onto another guy in no time!

 

If your med card is good get him to release you to work and go back to driving if it's that simple I dunno have you talked to him and tried to feel him out if he might do that?do you think you can drive safely?

 

I started to develop shoulder pain in my right shoulder. I didn't do anything to injure it I just started to have pain every time I moved it to the side or over head or across my body. Reaching up to turn on the CB radio started to hurt backing into docks really started to her because I had to lean my body and turn the wheel with the arm. Got x-rayed and it came back I had calcium deposits in the rotator cuff tendon. They gave me some cortisone shots and some anti-inflammatories and I went on with the pain for a few more months. Finally had surgery. Arthoscopically. Surgery took a couple hours and I was out of the hospital the same day. for the next month I was in a sling, it wasn't very painful but I couldn't sleep for s***. The worst part about the first month was getting the state of New Jersey to get my disability rolling. About a month after surgery I finally received my first disability check and that put me at ease. A month after surgery I also started physical therapy. At this point some healing in the shoulder occurred as well as some scar tissue and adhesions So Physical Therapy was extremely painful. my range of motion was extremely Limited and it's stayed like that for a good six to seven weeks before it started to open up and get stronger. I'm writing this right now and I'm 3 months post operative. My next doctor appointment is in a week and he will most likely release me back to light duty which for me would be a desk job in the warehouse for 8 hrs a day. I most likely won't be able to drive a tractor trailer for another month around the four-month mark and it's probably better that way cuz my shoulder still feels a little weak and I still have some pain so turning a steering wheel is not advisable. They say to be completely happy with a rotator surgery it could take up to 12 months it's definitely a long process and you need to be patient with it luckily I got paid $630 a week from disability plus an additional $70 a week for my company's private disability so I was able to barely stay afloat this entire time. Ive been doing tons of job searching tho deciding wether tonstau put or not. My job is physical and my shoulder will always be vulnerable to injury. Doctor dont know why the body deposited calcium into the shoulder, but itnis very common and debilitating after it really flairs up

 

Take all the time you need to heal those things.

I had surgery not too long ago and it's ahead of schedule for me, but I am not in any hurry. Im off my walker but not allowed to do anything for a few weeks more. That too shall pass. But I know that lumping is finished for life. Not that I am complaining.