Shoulder....Venting

[Catrin]

16 days countdown before a complex shoulder recovery. As complicated as it is, the surgeon is warning me that it may be even more complex than we think. He IS one of the very good shoulder specialists in the area who has done a lot of work with female professional athletes, so what will be is what will be. I've some concern over the reality of living alone and having my dominant arm in an immobilizer for at least 6 weeks (and the other shoulder/hand isn't very mobile due to severe arthritis), but it's the only way to get my arm back and to prevent things from deteriorating even more than they have.

I AM looking forward to, hopefully, being able to once again be able to exercise properly (and other things) by this time next year!

[Catrin]

2 weeks before the shoulder immobilizer sling comes off, then life gets really interesting! I will HAVE to be patient to get through the 4+ months of PT if I've any hopes of getting my arm back & be able to really exercise again!

[ShawnDay]

You've been through a lot, Catrin. I really feel for you. How's the PT going? I hope well!

[Catrin]

You've been through a lot, Catrin. I really feel for you. How's the PT going? I hope well!

My neck problems slowed things down, but I seem to have finally turned a corner! PT twice a week for 6 more weeks (until 16 weeks out from surgery), and then we will see. Got to do lat pulls today with a whopping 5 pounds, woot!

[rebeccaC]

This has been such a long and difficult journey for you Catrin. As always my prayers that the blessings of positivity can help some in the recovery moments that are difficult both physically and emotionally. I’m glad you have this forum for solace, support and for a sense of caring from us. With an open heart I also pray you can find some peace within the support and caring here and elsewhere!!!!!

[ny biker]

You're in the home stretch now... slow and steady is the best approach. Five pounds now is five more than you could do before!

[Catrin]

Hope all are doing well! I'm STILL in the snail-pace recovery stage, and the improvements are almost imperceptible at the time, but I'm certainly further along than when I posted the first week of the year. The enforced inactivity, however, deconditioned me so badly that until this week I was unable to walk for more than 5 minutes without some serious hip/hamstring/groin/IT band issues in my right leg. YIKES!!!! Went to my chiro and he was pretty sure that it was all tendon/ligament/muscle related to deconditioning. He treated me and advised me to just keep walking as much as possible - if no improvement then likely to be hip arthritis - but thankfully there has been daily improvement since he treated it. I've no idea how his treatment helped, but it did, thankfully!

So I am thankful! Trying to move as much as my body will allow. Even if I won't be allowed to do any actually overhead lifting (gym lifting), or deadlifting and shrugs (or kettlebells) ever again (assuming I want to avoid further spine or shoulder surgeries) - I am thankful at the slow and steady improvement.

I also have deactivated Facebook and other social media outlets for now. I became way too addicted to mindless scrolling - much to my chagrin. I should have warned people I was doing this - but I figured my post would disappear as soon as I deactivated the account. I've since heard that some were concerned at my deactivation - sorry about that! I never meant that, for sure.