LDC injury

[flyn high again]

guys,

i had shoulder surgery for a torn rotator cuff thursday so i won't be answering pms or emails for several days. thanks

cliff

 

[dougwg]

geezzz... just walk it off Cliff! ;-)

j/k
Take it easy and do what the doctor tells ya... you'll be back in no time

 

[adamb258]

sorry to hear, like doug said take it easy and you will be good as new before you know it

 

[optx002]

get well soon.

 

[Tommy98016]

get well soon.

+ 1

 

[CobraBob]

Get well soon! I pray the surgery was 100% successful!

 

[NHRACobra]

To a FAST recovery! :beer:

 

[VirtualSVT]

Go very easy man. My dad has had 6 (4 on his left and 2 on his right) and now has cadaver parts in his shoulder because his was too far gone.

 

[SID297]

Good luck on the recovery Cliff:beer:

 

[RAZRS EDGE]

Good luck on the recovery Cliff:beer:

+1

 

[The Pun]

It will buff out.

Get better soon Clifford....

 

[flyn high again]

thanks everyone! recovery is progressing. anyone have any tips on how to sleep with my arm in a sling? bed hurts too much so i've been trying to sleep in a recliner. getting about 2-3 hours sleep each night the past few nights.

 

[ugotbit03]

sleep is overrated... you need to drink so much you pass out, then you will sleep like a rock where ever... recliner...bed...floor...you know what im talkin about!PS got my cooling mod in its the bomb! thanks and get better!!

 

[dougwg]

sleep is overrated... you need to drink so much you pass out, then you will sleep like a rock where ever recliner...bed...floor...you know what im talkin about!PS got my cooling mod in its the bomb! thanks and get better!!

I was thinking the same thing LOL

 

[hpbyhermann]

cliff, get better bro!

Just take it easy.....get back active when your body says it's time!! :beer: hermann

 

[Boosted97]

thanks everyone! recovery is progressing. anyone have any tips on how to sleep with my arm in a sling? bed hurts too much so i've been trying to sleep in a recliner. getting about 2-3 hours sleep each night the past few nights.

i had surgery very similar to this couple years ago, not for my rot. cuff though, but to re-attatch ligaments. i found the best way to sleep was to like you said sleep in a recliener, or if you're not much of a roller when you sleep, what i did was stack pillows on both sides of me, and slept on my back. if you get the pillows high enough, for some reason when i would attempt to rollover i would feel them and stop :shrug:

hope you feel better soon, i know what a pain in the butt that is to have your arm in a sling like that. once it does come out though, becareful, i found myself wearing the sling past what the doctor said was necisary just b/c the weight of my arm on the joint hurt. get well man, i feel your pain.

spelling > me lol sorry :-D

 

[Jimmysidecarr]

i had surgery very similar to this couple years ago, not for my rot. cuff though, but to re-attatch ligaments. i found the best way to sleep was to like you said sleep in a recliener, or if you're not much of a roller when you sleep, what i did was stack pillows on both sides of me, and slept on my back. if you get the pillows high enough, for some reason when i would attempt to rollover i would feel them and stop :shrug:

hope you feel better soon, i know what a pain in the butt that is to have your arm in a sling like that. once it does come out though, becareful, i found myself wearing the sling past what the doctor said was necisary just b/c the weight of my arm on the joint hurt. get well man, i feel your pain.

spelling > me lol sorry :-D

Ditto.. re-attach 2 ligaments :bash: NO fun at all!!!

Pillow barricade eventually worked for me... It semi-immobilized me. I used a big foam wedge(that one of us got on one of our surgeries..lol) to prop me up to a partial sitting up position(big help)... then the barricade to prevent rolling.. and also to keep the arm in a comfortable position once I found out what that position was.

Once you are able DO NOT PUSS OUT ON THE PHYSICAL THERAPY!!!!
It is a very complex joint with lots of support muscles and tendons that will need stretching and re-strengthening!!!

You do not want to lose range of motion.... trust me!!! Once it's gone and all scarred in.... it's GONE!!! If I had it to do over I would have followed my -->HOME therapy to the tee!!! Instead I relied on the office "assisted" therapy...and it turned out I lost some range of motion :nonono: :kaboom: :bash:

Best of luck to you on your recovery... a lot of the mental attitude clichés are in fact very helpful ... You have got to want it back to normal!!!

:thumbsup:

 

[Defknotzero]

cliff you better get better or im stopping by your house! lol Get better

 

[flyn high again]

Boosted 97 and Jimmy, thanks for the tips. I'm discovering that your advice is exactly correct. I was trying a pillow to immobilize it and a towel to lift my wrist slightly but your ways sound better. I already went through 6 weeks of physical therapy [they didn't find the rotator cuff tear in the MRI and tried Cortisone and PT first].Dr. said 6 more weeks of PT or surgery. Glad I went with the surgery since the PT wouldn't have fixed the tear. So hopefully, I know what to expect from the therapy. I will work my ass off to make the arm as good as it can be.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to post comments to me. They are very appreciated. :beer:

 

[FireRed04Vert]

You big pussy! You ain't hurt! Like Doug says...just walk it off!! oke:

Seriously, my brother went through this. He slept in a recliner for weeks. It was the most painful injury he had ever been through...and the physical therapy was murder. Take care and get well soon!