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<blockquote data-quote="Shoot Summ" data-source="post: 2788452" data-attributes="member: 1055"><p>Had my right shoulder done in October of 2013. You will get a lot of different opinions, I heard everything from "piece of cake" to "worst experience of my life".</p><p></p><p>A good portion of the bad experiences were folks that didn't do all of the PT, so I decided to do the PT with a vengeance.</p><p></p><p>After that they all seemed to be procedural issues, so I chose my Surgeon after doing a lot of research.</p><p></p><p>The surgery went well, no issues. Prior to surgery they will bring the therapy chair that starts moving the shoulder again and gets your range of motion back. You will sit in this chair for about 6 hours a day, so get ready to stream a lot of movies, or series. They also offered a device that powers a cuff that does compression, and cooling. I turned it down at first as it is an additional charge that insurance doesn't cover. Don't turn it down, it's worth every penny of the additional cost. If you don't have a good electric recliner, get one, it will be your bed for the first month.</p><p></p><p>When I got home the Doc instructed when the block would likely wear off, and to be ahead of the pain by taking the pain meds proactively. I was taking one, and should have been taking two. When the block wore off I had about an hour of pain like I have never experienced. Many folks told me they had no pain at all, I felt like my arm had been broken. So take the pain meds.</p><p></p><p>My surgery was on my right shoulder, and I am right handed, so I had to get used to doing everything left handed, that was hard, but manageable. Some of the PT sessions left me "misty eyed", but each session made a difference, and I kept going back until they didn't. Then I did the work on my own.</p><p></p><p>End result is my right should function is outstanding, my behind the back motion has always been poor, so I can't reach really high behind my back, maybe only an inch or two less than the left shoulder.</p><p></p><p>I would do it again as I was in constant pain, and it affected my sleep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shoot Summ, post: 2788452, member: 1055"] Had my right shoulder done in October of 2013. You will get a lot of different opinions, I heard everything from "piece of cake" to "worst experience of my life". A good portion of the bad experiences were folks that didn't do all of the PT, so I decided to do the PT with a vengeance. After that they all seemed to be procedural issues, so I chose my Surgeon after doing a lot of research. The surgery went well, no issues. Prior to surgery they will bring the therapy chair that starts moving the shoulder again and gets your range of motion back. You will sit in this chair for about 6 hours a day, so get ready to stream a lot of movies, or series. They also offered a device that powers a cuff that does compression, and cooling. I turned it down at first as it is an additional charge that insurance doesn't cover. Don't turn it down, it's worth every penny of the additional cost. If you don't have a good electric recliner, get one, it will be your bed for the first month. When I got home the Doc instructed when the block would likely wear off, and to be ahead of the pain by taking the pain meds proactively. I was taking one, and should have been taking two. When the block wore off I had about an hour of pain like I have never experienced. Many folks told me they had no pain at all, I felt like my arm had been broken. So take the pain meds. My surgery was on my right shoulder, and I am right handed, so I had to get used to doing everything left handed, that was hard, but manageable. Some of the PT sessions left me "misty eyed", but each session made a difference, and I kept going back until they didn't. Then I did the work on my own. End result is my right should function is outstanding, my behind the back motion has always been poor, so I can't reach really high behind my back, maybe only an inch or two less than the left shoulder. I would do it again as I was in constant pain, and it affected my sleep. [/QUOTE]
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