Tomorrow🫤 (a more meaningful title)

I will not know until after 2pm what time exactly. Shoulder replacement surgery.
I knew it was coming, i told y'all about it. It just got here so quickly.
When i am able to type, i will fill you in on how it went. You can read if you are interested. Have an overnight at the hospital. I really hope i can use my phone. I will go bonkers if not. Last rotator cuff surgery i was able. This might be different. Yeah...different.
Should be a ride.

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DogMan · 61-69, M

I have been told that I need total shoulder replacement too. Already had one surgery,
to repair my rotator cuff, and reconnect my bicep to my shoulder, after breaking
my collar bone two different times many years ago.

Now I have bone on bone in the socket.

They can do great things these days with shoulders. I am an exercise addict, so
I have been diligent about some exercises that have brought relief to my
shoulder joint. After two years, I can do sleep on my right side, unless I over
do it at the gym, or doing other things. I have learned what to do, and NOT do.
But sometimes I still do stuff that I know will cause me pain for a while.

I was using a hammer drill overhead a couple weeks ago. It took a whole
week to recover.

I'm told that shoulder surgeries only last about 15 years. I figure I will wait
a few years, until I'm 75 or 80. Hopefully it will last until my 100th birthday.

I might have to quit riding dirt bikes when I hit 80.

Carla · 61-69, F

@DogMan mine too was bone on bone. I was unable to raise my arm above my waist level.
You are wise to wait if you can. Recovery is long and uncomfortable, especially if you are active. Reflex is a difficult thing to resist.
But they say it will be good in the long run.

Happy dirt trails...

DogMan · 61-69, M

@Carla Be very diligent with your Physical Therapy afterwards. That will make or
break your recovery. I have had a few orthopedic surgeries due to motorcycles,
but at 65, I'm still riding, due to exercise and physical therapy.

jackjjackson · 70-79, M

I couldn’t agree more. I’ve had two full tear rotator cuff repairs over the last three years one shoulder each and diligent rehab is essential. Both shoulders feel like when I was thirty. In between there was a six bypass surgery with no preceding heart attack (how isn’t clear lol) and again rehab was and remains essential. For awhile when I did rehab I did two different types back to back to save travel time. @DogMan

DogMan · 61-69, M

@jackjjackson Yep, I will do my physical therapy for ever, along with my regular exercise.

People don't realize that exercise actually keeps pain at bay. Sedentary lifestyles cause
pain, so those people do less, and create more of a problem.