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Had a MRI on my right shoulder last Sunday. I'm told there is a small meniscus tear. This concerns me, I've spent my life doing bull work and don't know how to levitate a heavy object from the ground into the air other than just grabbing it and lifting LOL. May have to invest in a lift of sorts.
Had 8 surgeries on my right shoulder (so far) with limited results. Looks like at least two more on the right and one on the left for a complete rotator cuff tear. I have had to adjust what things I can and cannot do, e.g. shoot heavy recoil shoulder weapons, heavy lifting from awkward positions, etc. Just have to make do and know what you can do.
You are about the right age to learn how to lift smarter not stronger. We all go through it. Just listen to your surgeon and therapist. If you do everything the therapist tells you then you can recover. If you try to skimp then you won't. I've been on the table a few times because of shoulders and your therapist becomes your best bud in short order. Listen to them.
The horror of realization that you are no longer bullet proof is a shock........
For some it just kinda sneaks up on you....for others it take a catastrophic event....that if survived, means major adjustments.
Or simply put...."It's a ***** getting old"
That why Journeyman have apprentices ......
Sorry to hear it.......
Take care of yourself and wish you a speedy recovery!
Darn, here all this time I thought I would be ten foot tall and bullet proof right to the end, bruised, battered, beat and screaming Geronimo on the way out.
Me too. Now I'm just 5'11", bruise easily and spend my days screaming, "What'd ya say?".
Aw sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself.
Oh yeah, I oozed machismo during my "misspent youth". I was immortal and invincible. Now .... not so much. The old guys said "You'll pay for all that macho crap when you get older." Boy, were they ever right!
And Rick, I am what's known as a frequent flyer at the physical therapist.
Plus 1 on the above. I've been fortunate to only have had one shoulder surgery. The other probably needs it, but still is functioningso I'll wait. The good news is that after surgery I'm back to as good/better than before. As Rick said - if you go the surgery route. follow what your Doc says. It takes time, but does work if you keep working at it. For me it was about two years to get back to pre-injury levels.
I tried to work out a 2 for 1 deal with my surgeon but he wouldn't budge. 1 for 1 was the best deal I could cut. (get it? cut? surgeon? I slay myself).
Don't say slay and surgeon in the same sentence.........bad juju....LOL
I have a knee with a damaged cartilage, not work related damage. 2 MRIs and 2 docs saying they could repair it with a cultured graft but that my job doesn't require I have two working knees... Or so they think. I haven't been able to do a ladder install in about a year now. Waiting for new insurance card to kick in, then finding another doctor.
Hang in there. Don't be afraid to ask them even the stupidest questions.
thanks for the replies.
I have had torn the labrum in my right shoulder twice. The first time I also tore up some other stuff and it really sucked. The second time, I tore the labrum worse, but didn't damage all that other stuff, and it wasn't nearly as bad. (It still kinda sucked.)
What the others have posted is spot on. Do what the doc and the therapist say. The key for me, was communicating with them. My two times, although the same type surgery, were very different as far as how fast I progressed with both range of motion and strength. Let them know how it feels. (You'll learn the difference between 'sore....you're working it' and 'hurt....you over did it.') Hahaha.
....oh.....and if you get it fixed, try not to watch the cooking channel, while you're laid up. I got addicted to it. Everything looked so good that I would try to cook it and then eat all that gook looking/tasting food. I gained 35 pounds after my first surgery. hahaha
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