Today I did some light work around the shop and took it easy. I just had to get away from the house.
For many years I've said that they needed to figure out what was in my blood that made me heal so fast. I'm old and have thin skin so I bruise and cut easily, brushing up against anything will cause me to bleed. I usually don't even notice it but it does freak out others sometimes. But I will heal up in a couple of days and end up with another of those little white lines in the tan. So expect that in a week or so I will be pretty well on the way to a 100 percent, 100 percent for an old fart.
As for the shoulder pain some have mentioned. I read somewhere that most of us by 85 will have no rotator cuff to speak of. That's because we tear it a little here and a little there occasionally. It all adds up over time. My left shoulder had two tendons ripped out. Any of you that have butchered know what a large bone look like on the end when you remove the cartlidge (sp). The video of the surgery showed the sponge looking pink and white of the bone when they started. I now have 100 percent range of motion in that shoulder. I will admit there is a hightened awareness of how that should feels when stressed but so far that has been a false worry.
Right shoulder, not so good, not good at all. I've thrown like a girl for probably twenty years now with that shoulder. I can't throw overhand without regretting instantly. I have to be careful how I sleep or I will wake up and the shoulder will be locked up. Then it's forcing it to unlock which is extremely painful, think of pulling off a scab the size of your forearm slowly. The doc who did the wonderful work on the left shoulder has told me to come in and they will go in there and scrape away all of the bone spurs arthritis has installed and make things much better. And the recovery is about half of what it took for the major surgery they did on the left. They were in there for six hours and I have what looks like seven small caliber wounds. I can't pull the trigger on getting the surgery done, don't have time for the recovery and I have developed techniques and tools that allow me to get stuff done in spite of the handicap.
My experience tells me that if you have pain in your bicep that feels like it is in the bone then you have tendon pulled issues in the shoulder. I worked for a month waiting for the doc to get to me for the surgery and found I could lift straight up and down with about 80% strength. I couldn't lift my arm out at all from the body, nothing. Sleeping was extra tough because I already had the issues with the right shoulder.
If you do get the surgery I can't recommend the ice machine for pain afterwards enough. I was off the pain medications completely in a couple of days because of that magic machine. By three days I was getting up and loading it up with ice on my own. The biggest issue for me with it was the quick connects took two hands but I finally got where I could do it. I think it was $250.00 and not covered by insurance but worth at least four times that much when it came to pain control.
If I had any sense, I would have used the heavy duty 7' fiberglass ladder that was sitting nearby. Nooooo, get stupid and it costs...in pain. :ashamed: