Getting old can really suck. Really.

I hope your surgery goes very smoothly. IDK if I've told you about this before, but you might find the rapamycin trials interesting. It's a drug used for organ rejection that's currently being tested for anti-aging properties in humans. Anti-aging properties have already been confirmed in mice, and it's very exciting to see where this might be going.

I know what you mean about getting older. I keep getting told it is better than the alternative.Some days I wonder!!😁

I hope you get better soon.

Sorry to hear the news. I hope it all turns out okay.

Be careful if anyone suggests injecting bleach into the affected area.

My neighbor had his shoulder replaced last summer! He was in his early 50's

Hope it all turns out good but going to happen to all of us. Getting old beats the alternative.

Unnerving is an understatement.

I hope this goes well for you.

Yes, getting old can indeed suck sometimes.

I heard the recovery on that one is hell.

I have a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder. I've seen the x-rays and MRI's. It's 70 % bone to bone contact now and It will only get worse. I'm not looking forward to the surgery at all. I'm going to hold out as long as I can, I hope.

My knees are pretty shitty, I do my own surgery to save the money.

Can't help it. I'm a DIY'er naturally and I'm cheap

I hope I die young. I don't want to see my 80th birthday.

@Carla If you figure out that tissue growth thing, please share.

Good luck with it all. Was there a physical therapy program to see how much relief/repair was possible with that alone?

My wife and I both had shoulder issues. In my case with torn ligaments, physical therapy gave me comfort but still left me with a small loss of range of motion in a direction that I don't use much anyway, so chose to not do a surgical repair. That was 15 years ago, and am still very happy with my decision. I still can't reach very far behind me to the left; but then, I don't have many reason to reach behind me to the left anyway, so ?

My wife wasn't so lucky. Her rotator cuff repair went well until the very day she got the OK to part with the arm/shoulder sling. She tripped and fell against a table, bad shoulder first, and the force was severe enough to pull all the new anchor pins out of their sockets. So a complete redo and another 8 weeks of healing. Long physical therapy and the best she recovered was the ability to raise her elbow to chin level.

It surely can, especially when likely facing yet another painful surgery and recovery. For whatever hope and 'positive thoughts' are worth, I'm adding mine to yours...and the others who wish this wasn't happening to you. 💜🙁

@Carla well everything you say is true but shoulder replacements are common and if it is the best answer as a long term solution but best too wait until you have had your scan

Getting old means losing many friends and relatives along the way. I recently lost my favorite niece. We grew up together. She was one year younger than me.

I don't know what I would do I had anything like that happen to me at my age.

Hoping all the best for you.

Sorry to hear that. I hope everything goes well for you!

I know what caused that.

Bad luck! Here's hoping for a good outcome.

For me ,getting old also means getting lonely. Even though I'm married the loss of my family and friends is getting harder to take. I know it is the same for everyone.

I am so sorry about that. I just had a rotator cuff/Biceps tenodesis repair and Acromioplasty on Nov 6.

I really hope it’s not that bad and you won’t need surgery again.

I've had both knees and one shoulder replaced. The shoulder replacement was amazing. Even the doctors were surprised. I have full motion, no pain.

🤗

more magnesium is magic for muscles. Please try it/

Good luck

Oh, God. Rotator cuffs are the worst. I was afraid I was going to have to have surgery for a while, but I guess mine wasn't in that bad of shape, because it started to heal on its own. But with bone on bone action, you just can't avoid it. I wish you the best of luck.