Getting the Low Down on Shoulder Surgery.

The nutshell edition goes like this. Hurt shoulder at work, went to doctor who referred me to an orthopaedic surgeon who after imaging confirmed I needed surgery to fix my ailment. There were a few extra bits like pain, off work , pain and a long road back oh and not to forget, pain.

Here endeth the blog!

Life is so simple when you go for the line drawing version. The trouble with me, and there are plenty more like me around, I like to know. I want the three dimensional vivid oil painting version. In my minds eye, it looks better.

I like to know in this case:

what is the problem, 

how did it happen,

could I have avoided it,

what is involved in the repair, 

what if I don't have repair, 

how much will it cost in time and money,

what is going to happen with my employment, 

what is going to happen at the hospital, 

what is rehabilitation going to involve,

what can I do, 

what cannot I not do????

That is for starters. The entree, main and dessert course questions have not arrived yet. But they will and they do.

And, the funny thing about wanting to know, is you want to know some truth. Opinions can help formulate  truth, lots of opinions help to hone that down to nuggets with value. But in the end the only real truth is in your own experience. You can anticipate and prepare for the experience but most of the truth comes after the experience.

The other consequence of wanting to know and going searching for some answers, is you know someone else like you somewhere is also looking for answers. To share the hours of picking through the rubble to find useful pieces just seems like the right thing to do. I will tell you now I learnt some things I never read about or was never told about.

Over the next period of time, I will share my experience with shoulder surgery which involved a sub acromial decompression and rotator cuff repair. I will cover the questions as outlined and provide my real life experience. For the fact finders out there there will be something that you will glean that you will not find anywhere else.  I know that because I looked.