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wroughtn_harv
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The first thing I acknowledge is pain is the most individual thing we have about us. What is irritating to someone like my father can be debilitating for others. I seem to have got a little bit of his pain tolerance and my kids seem to have got at least as much if not more of it.
I have had shoulder issues for at least twelve to fifteen years. Arthritis along with a very physical environment have left me incapable of throwing balls or rocks overhand for I would say at least ten years. All of us have rotator cuff injuries, age and events work together to cause them.
I'm very excited about this surgery because while they were in there repairing the tears they also machined away the bone spurs, arthritis build up, etc. If my shoulder comes back to 80 percent that will put me back into my late forties or early fifties. I should pick up thirty to fifty yards with my driver, that would be too much fun, way too much fun.
It was about six weeks between the injury and the surgery. Five weeks of that was constant pain with instances of extreme discomfort. I could use my left hand and arm but it was very carefully and there was no strength. The first week after the injury can only be described as one of extreme discomfort. The shoulder as a toothache works for today. That first week after the injury was like my shoulder had an impacted wisdom tooth.
My options were dealing with it or surgery. I have too much going on to have to deal with doing it at thirty percent.
Thanks for the comments and the encouragement.
I have had shoulder issues for at least twelve to fifteen years. Arthritis along with a very physical environment have left me incapable of throwing balls or rocks overhand for I would say at least ten years. All of us have rotator cuff injuries, age and events work together to cause them.
I'm very excited about this surgery because while they were in there repairing the tears they also machined away the bone spurs, arthritis build up, etc. If my shoulder comes back to 80 percent that will put me back into my late forties or early fifties. I should pick up thirty to fifty yards with my driver, that would be too much fun, way too much fun.
It was about six weeks between the injury and the surgery. Five weeks of that was constant pain with instances of extreme discomfort. I could use my left hand and arm but it was very carefully and there was no strength. The first week after the injury can only be described as one of extreme discomfort. The shoulder as a toothache works for today. That first week after the injury was like my shoulder had an impacted wisdom tooth.
My options were dealing with it or surgery. I have too much going on to have to deal with doing it at thirty percent.
Thanks for the comments and the encouragement.