Week 12 bicep tenodesis post op left shoulder and week 7 SAD/DCE right shoulder
I am crazy. Well, those who know me already know that. It is those little quirks that make each of us so lovable (yeah, right!)Why am I crazy? Well, I had my shoulder surgeries only 5 weeks apart. Looking back on that, I can't believe I did it. I have gotten to my 12 week post op on my left shoulder. This is a big deal because it takes about 12 weeks to heal the bone where the screws were screwed in. Now, my chances of pulling out the screws are almost nil (well, probably 100% nil because the screws disintegrate and become part of the bone). I can, however, still injure the bicep muscle or what's left of the LH bicep tendon. I don't think I will, they say I really have to TRY and do something drastic to do it. But at least now I can start doing arm curls and strengthening the muscle (slowly).But... here is the bad news. I went to my post op appt on Monday and got some bad news. My shoulder capsule is very tight (the beginning of frozen shoulder!!) Very painful. I don't know if the pain I am experience now from certain stretches is the worst I have had since my surgery, since the pain I have had in the past was pretty bad, but it is up there. I don't even know how to explain it. The bone beneath my tricep and deltoid muscles is just extremely painful, deep inside. And, my range of motion is much more limited than it was a week ago. So I am extremely worried about that. My thoughts as to what happened are, after I injured my arm in my sleep last Wednesday night (8 days ago), that when I did my stretches, I overcompensated, not stretching that area like I should have. I don't know how to explain without physically showing someone, but imagine your shoulder in a shrug. I can lift my arm up without limitations if I do the shrug. And inadvertently I have been doing that the past week, vs. having my shoulder blade down while I do my exercises, causing the shoulder capsule to tighten. Oh boy that is painful. So, I am working diligently on my stretches so I don't get a frozen shoulder. Sleeping is still very painful. I didn't like them telling me that my shoulder will probably be painful during the night for the next 6-12 months. Who wants to hear that!! Yikes! It definitely is harder than I thought it would be. But I will keep going. Keep trudging on. I am not afraid of hard work.