Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Posts: 1 Location: North Carolina
Rotator Cuff Injury Posted: 10-27-03 18:32pm
I have been told that I may have a torn
rotator cuff in my left shoulder.
I have the condition for about two months
with agonizing pain at times.
My question is to anyone who may have had
this type injury and corrective surgery,
what is the procedure and time that one
can use the arm.
I am a scuba diver and plan a trip in
november 15-22 to bonaire but am somewhat
uninformed of the recovery period.
Can anyone inlighten me.
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montana
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Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Wi
Re: Rotator Cuff Posted: 07-09-04 15:44pm
I started having some trouble with an ache
in my left shoulder the first week in
march. It just kept getting worse and
then I started having a swelling in my
shoulder blade about the size of a
baseball. Finally I went to my dr, and
he had me go to physical therapy for 2
weeks, which did not help at all. I had
by this time lost all strength in that
arm, and the pain was getting worse. He
sent me to an orthopedic specialist, after
ordering an mri. The specialist looked
at the mri, and said that I had a torn
rotator cuff and that I had to have
surgery, it would not get better on its
on...Just worse. He said it would be 12
weeks before I was back to 100%. He also
stated that the surgery was very painful,
but that I would be as good as new in 12
weeks. Well, I felt I had no choice and
so I had the surgery. That was 3 months
ago...And I still have severe pain,
swelling still, and no use of my left arm.
My dr said that my shoulder is freezing
up. I have to go next week and have him
decide whether he is going to give me a
cortisone shot in my shoulder and put me
to sleep and
make my arm unfreeze. I don't know yet
what I am going to do about that. But I
have been told by many that most of the
time that this surgery is very succesful.
I was the exception to this rule. I
wish you luck, if I were you...I would
have the surgery, but investigate your
surgeon. Mine is supposedly one of the
best, and I don't doubt that, but his
attitude now really sucks. He doesn't
want to have to deal with what I am going
thru now. Good luck to you.
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