6-27
had my shoulder surgery and a couple months in a sling. not being able to type and not really having the will or energy to post kept me away. my pain therapist really wants me to be doing some type of journal so its back to posting again.
surgery sucked. from what I understand from comments made and questions answered. during the surgery they ground off some of my collar bone to remove arthritis, removed a couple of big chunks of my super spenatus tendon getting rid of calcification, did a small rotators cuff repair and did something to my biceps tendon along with much cleaning up of the tissues surrounding all of the above. my surgeon was happy they didn't have to cut and relocate my biceps tendon, doing so would have meant a longer recovery time. I got released from the sling early due to atrophy in my elbow. I guess the damage being done to my elbow was more worrisome than the bit longer my shoulder is going to take to get better due to being paroled from the sling earlier than they would have liked.
morgan came up for the month right after surgery to help out. it was awesome having her here and I cant thank her enough for her help. I dont know how I would have managed without her. I do have to say that my house is much quieter without her and sydny here on the weekends...and much lonelier.
dispite being told by the surgeon that Im not doing as well as I should be, turning PT into a numbers game and a continual fight with pain tolerance, I feel like Im plodding through. its brutal having my physical therapist wrench on my shoulder twice a week and he hates it. he has told me multiple times that Im his least favorite patient due to the amount of pain he has to cause me to get us where the surgeon wants. its been a sad road watching him go from the 'you can do it' rah rah rah guy to the empty enthusiasm I get from him now. I got massage therapy aproved so we will see if that helps improve the numbers any. if all it did was give me a little more movement with less pain id be happy.
my pain therapist is great. beyond great actually. he isn't getting paid to see me once a week and he keeps telling me he will keep seeing me as long as I need despite getting paid or not. I have Never had anyone in the medical profession tell me getting paid didn't mater. we both agree I'm in much need of help and he is giving it to me. some weeks are a race to see how fast I can make time fly by till I can go in and vent at him again.
I am still waiting to hear if the protest I lodged 6+ months ago is going to be approved. thats the crazy thing about dealing with L&I, things take to long. I put in requests and have to wait till they have time to look at them or make decisions about them. I'm still waiting on the surgeons report for the surgery. I haven't heard anything on the results of the last ordered IME. the IME results will determine if my pain therapist is going to get any compensation for seeing me... so frustrating. on top of all the waiting I get shuffled from case worker to case worker. the latest one assured me things would be different with her but so far its just the same old game. no response when I call them. so I keep going to appointments and trying to do everything I can to not endanger my case.
the last 3-4 months have been pain full and frustrating for me but I'm still doing...not like I really have a choice right? I guess I do. I could be giving them the big fat finger and just dealing with not having the use of my shoulder at all. not really a logical choice to make so I'm stuck "using my arm as much as possible but no weight bearing". its as tough as it sounds believe me. Im tired a lot. really really tired.
surgery sucked. from what I understand from comments made and questions answered. during the surgery they ground off some of my collar bone to remove arthritis, removed a couple of big chunks of my super spenatus tendon getting rid of calcification, did a small rotators cuff repair and did something to my biceps tendon along with much cleaning up of the tissues surrounding all of the above. my surgeon was happy they didn't have to cut and relocate my biceps tendon, doing so would have meant a longer recovery time. I got released from the sling early due to atrophy in my elbow. I guess the damage being done to my elbow was more worrisome than the bit longer my shoulder is going to take to get better due to being paroled from the sling earlier than they would have liked.
morgan came up for the month right after surgery to help out. it was awesome having her here and I cant thank her enough for her help. I dont know how I would have managed without her. I do have to say that my house is much quieter without her and sydny here on the weekends...and much lonelier.
dispite being told by the surgeon that Im not doing as well as I should be, turning PT into a numbers game and a continual fight with pain tolerance, I feel like Im plodding through. its brutal having my physical therapist wrench on my shoulder twice a week and he hates it. he has told me multiple times that Im his least favorite patient due to the amount of pain he has to cause me to get us where the surgeon wants. its been a sad road watching him go from the 'you can do it' rah rah rah guy to the empty enthusiasm I get from him now. I got massage therapy aproved so we will see if that helps improve the numbers any. if all it did was give me a little more movement with less pain id be happy.
my pain therapist is great. beyond great actually. he isn't getting paid to see me once a week and he keeps telling me he will keep seeing me as long as I need despite getting paid or not. I have Never had anyone in the medical profession tell me getting paid didn't mater. we both agree I'm in much need of help and he is giving it to me. some weeks are a race to see how fast I can make time fly by till I can go in and vent at him again.
I am still waiting to hear if the protest I lodged 6+ months ago is going to be approved. thats the crazy thing about dealing with L&I, things take to long. I put in requests and have to wait till they have time to look at them or make decisions about them. I'm still waiting on the surgeons report for the surgery. I haven't heard anything on the results of the last ordered IME. the IME results will determine if my pain therapist is going to get any compensation for seeing me... so frustrating. on top of all the waiting I get shuffled from case worker to case worker. the latest one assured me things would be different with her but so far its just the same old game. no response when I call them. so I keep going to appointments and trying to do everything I can to not endanger my case.
the last 3-4 months have been pain full and frustrating for me but I'm still doing...not like I really have a choice right? I guess I do. I could be giving them the big fat finger and just dealing with not having the use of my shoulder at all. not really a logical choice to make so I'm stuck "using my arm as much as possible but no weight bearing". its as tough as it sounds believe me. Im tired a lot. really really tired.
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