Surgery for Bone Spur-Shoulder

[corylindsay]

To Emily,

You need to go to a new orthopedic if the one you are going to is giving you bad information like the 4-5 day recovery timeframe. I had arthroscopic surgery 2 1/2 weeks ago and I'm still having to take percocet every 4 hours for the pain. I can move pretty well and don't have 'frozen shoulder' problems but the pain is hard to handle.
I'm glad I had it done - knew it wasn't going to get better on it's own.

[DDH]

My husband had this surgery. He had torn his rotator cuff years ago that ended up needing some repair and he had bone spurs that were cutting into a tendon.
He was not allowed or released to go back to work for 3 months. The first week was pretty painful for him. He freaked a little right after because they didn't tell him that he wouldn't be able to move his arm. Once we called we realized that was normal. He didn't do PT, they just gave him exercises to do with one of those bands, and they continued to check his progress.

Good thing is, this was 4 years ago and his shoulder is doing great. He has no pain or recurring problems. He is very happy he had it done. He is a police officer, so he really needs full use of both arms.

[mookia]

Hi, I am new in this forum here. I am researching about bone spur surgery if it is worth doing it and I learned to read these information and it seems worth surgery. I really tried to figure out why I got bone spur on ac shoulder. Dr. said that it could run in my family. I doubted and asked my mom about it. She doesnt have anyone in our family that has bone spur.

Dr. said that I have arthrisitis, bicep tendonitis, and ac bone spur. I have been to physical therapy. It hurted on my bicep area the most. Until August, It got worse and appeared some more area like on my shoulder, back near rear deltoid. One day it felt stingy and weak on my pink finger and I was so puzzled.

How it happened... Two years ago (Oct 2006). My shoulder felt so funny and hurted. Three weeks later (end of Oct) I found out that I was pregnant. My dr suspected that shoulder pain related to my shoulder. I doubted because it was 3 weeks before. Maybe it was concidence.

Last year in summer time, my baby was born then Oct. 2007 he was 4 months old and I reached him in the back in car and pulled my shoulder like backward. It was big time pain! It couldnt move for a month. It was so painful. I had to carry baby on and off. It was so hard for me.

Two months later, I went to MRI and they found that I only had edema like swelling tenditis, nothing serious. I went to physical therapy and it improved a little. Feb. 2008....

Late in March, I got a job at UPS as a sorter. My shoulder felt pain again on and off for months.
It got worse last Aug. Now I have bone spur beaduse I went to MRI again and special dye needle into my shoulder and see through xray computer. Thats how dr found out what my problem is.

I suspect hat I worked out a lot with dummbell most of my life that may cause. plus carrying and lifting heavy boxes at UPS. OH well.

I am scared of surgery. So I cant lift baby after surgery?? My baby is 17 months and always need me geez. I wonder if breastfeed causes calicum low and become weak with my bone? I drink milk a lot and viac vitamin (spell?).