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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sandman on May 08, 2007, 11:55:39 PM
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Surgery number two on my shoulder. Vicodin is my friend.
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I would say "OUCH!", but I don't think you're feeling any pain.
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Wow. That is not what I was expecting sandy to look like.
Fill in the gaps, why the sugery?
Vicodin is teh kewl though.
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Trashed my shoulder about a year and a half ago while mountain biking. Had surgery on it in October to repair a slightly torn rotator and calcific bursitis...
I thought it was repaired. I got back to my life as before... back to bike riding, etc.
Then I spent a weekend offroading and my shoulder started acting up again. It became inflamed and swollen. The latest MRI showed a severely torn tendon and a torn ligament also. I honestly have trouble identifying the traumatic event that could have torn up my shoulder again, but it is what it is.
Hopefully it's repaired. This last surgery was far more intrusive than the first. It's going to take me months to get through therapy.
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God that ***** is the BEST! lol.
"Vikodeeenn is the s**tzzz man!"
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Vvvvvaaaaaaaaaa....Kooooo...D eeennnn....
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^ Off topic... belongs in the pit bull thread
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Oh yeah, forgot to add: Butch up, rub some dirt on it!
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Originally posted by Excel1
^ Off topic... belongs in the pit bull thread
LOL belongs in a "Caption this" thread of its own
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Originally posted by Sandman
Trashed my shoulder about a year and a half ago while mountain biking. Had surgery on it in October to repair a slightly torn rotator and calcific bursitis...
I thought it was repaired. I got back to my life as before... back to bike riding, etc.
Then I spent a weekend offroading and my shoulder started acting up again. It became inflamed and swollen. The latest MRI showed a severely torn tendon and a torn ligament also. I honestly have trouble identifying the traumatic event that could have torn up my shoulder again, but it is what it is.[/size]
Hopefully it's repaired. This last surgery was far more intrusive than the first. It's going to take me months to get through therapy.
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Hope you fully recover, Sandy. Good to see your text again.
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Wow that pic of SuperSnatch is scary!
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Originally posted by FiLtH
Wow that pic of SuperSnatch is scary!
The picture ain't half as scary as the real thing. :O :noid
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Sandman:
I hope the surgery went well and that you back rockin' in no time!
<> and see you in the cyberskies!
68ROX
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Im getting a hang nail on my big toe removed today, do I get vicoden?
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I was working my chest yesterday doing a pair of 100 lb. dumb bells (alternate week, from Bench press) and today my right shoulder (the one I had surgery on 10 years ago) is shooting pain every now and then, deep pain, not muscle pain. I think I'm having sympathy pain for you Sandy! :) Hope you don't get pregnant!
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
I was working my chest yesterday doing a pair of 100 lb. dumb bells...
The Ashley Twins?
:huh
Mac
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Originally posted by AWMac
The Ashley Twins?
:huh
Mac
I like to refer to them as "Pec right and Pec Left". No implants. All natural.
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Ahh pec pain sucks.
I used to work in the server room, which was freezing. Throughout the shift, you'd be watching the mainframe with your arms crossed, trying to keep warm. By time you went home at night, your pecs would be sore from being flexed for so long. Adding to that was a lousy mattress at home.
For two years I've battled a strained right pec muscle. Its finally starting to be on the mend, thanks to some good physical therapy advice and a new mattress.
Having a sore pec and watcvhing TV was always amusing. That seemed to be when all the anti-cholesterol and Plavix commercials seemed to air most.
Sandy: My friend just had his rotator cuff operated on. Its a maddening surgery since you cant sit, lay down to sit without aching the thing. Hope you heal fast. Enjoy the drugged stare :)
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Originally posted by LePaul
Ahh pec pain sucks.
I used to work in the server room, which was freezing. Throughout the shift, you'd be watching the mainframe with your arms crossed, trying to keep warm. By time you went home at night, your pecs would be sore from being flexed for so long. Adding to that was a lousy mattress at home.
For two years I've battled a strained right pec muscle. Its finally starting to be on the mend, thanks to some good physical therapy advice and a new mattress.
Having a sore pec and watcvhing TV was always amusing. That seemed to be when all the anti-cholesterol and Plavix commercials seemed to air most.
Sandy: My friend just had his rotator cuff operated on. Its a maddening surgery since you cant sit, lay down to sit without aching the thing. Hope you heal fast. Enjoy the drugged stare :)
Ouch! Never pulled a pec muscle. I have strained just about everything muscle group sometime over the past 15 years but never pecs. I'm nursing a strained bicep currently, can't lift anything over 25 lbs. with the right bicep. :(
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Speaking of strained / sprained things... I sprained my wrist roughly 2 weeks ago. It really hurts still to rotate it either way, or to try to push up with an open palm. For example, it hurts to the point where I can't lift myself up using my arms, so I try to lean all my weight on my left arm.
However, it only hurts a tiny bit if I push off like a gorilla would, with a closed fist hand straight out.
What hurts the most though, is if I place my hand flat on a table where the surface is near at or below elbow level.
I'm hoping this is just sprained, but is there a chance it's broken?
One addendum, it doesn't hurt to be touched at all, anywhere on my wrist / hand.
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And if you keep doing what your doing that caused your wrist sprain you'll go blind.
Mac
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Originally posted by AWMac
And if you keep doing what your doing that caused your wrist sprain you'll go blind.
Mac
How's your Braille Keyboard working out for you, Mac? ;)
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Originally posted by LePaul
How's your Braille Keyboard working out for you, Mac? ;)
My seeing eye dog sez it's t3h uber....
Mac
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Originally posted by AWMac
And if you keep doing what your doing that caused your wrist sprain you'll go blind.
Mac
A good hearty round of Intramural Soccer is what caused it, mainly me not wearing cleats and slipping when I went to kick the ball.
It probably wasn't helped by me not relaxing it, and then sailing a few days later.
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Originally posted by Sandman
Trashed my shoulder about a year and a half ago while mountain biking. Had surgery on it in October to repair a slightly torn rotator and calcific bursitis...
I thought it was repaired. I got back to my life as before... back to bike riding, etc.
Then I spent a weekend offroading and my shoulder started acting up again. It became inflamed and swollen. The latest MRI showed a severely torn tendon and a torn ligament also. I honestly have trouble identifying the traumatic event that could have torn up my shoulder again, but it is what it is.
Hopefully it's repaired. This last surgery was far more intrusive than the first. It's going to take me months to get through therapy.
Sandy what were your specific symptoms. I just had an MRI on my shoulder (the most disturbing thing that's ever happend to me really.....20 minutes in a round coffin listening to all sorts of weird beeps and buzzes. The US should look into using this to extract info from insurgants)
Any how, I currently on Motrin 800mg for what my doc thinks is bursitis. I cannot rais my arm nearly as high as the good shoulder. The mornings, after having slept on it are more and more painfull.
I have to say though after a month of physical theropy it's not getting any better.
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
A good hearty round of Intramural Soccer is what caused it, mainly me not wearing cleats and slipping when I went to kick the ball.
It probably wasn't helped by me not relaxing it, and then sailing a few days later.
Bet you have already worn yer Mom's underwear...
Face it, yer Ghey!!!
Mac
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
Sandy what were your specific symptoms. I just had an MRI on my shoulder (the most disturbing thing that's ever happend to me really.....20 minutes in a round coffin listening to all sorts of weird beeps and buzzes. The US should look into using this to extract info from insurgants)
Any how, I currently on Motrin 800mg for what my doc thinks is bursitis. I cannot rais my arm nearly as high as the good shoulder. The mornings, after having slept on it are more and more painfull.
I have to say though after a month of physical theropy it's not getting any better.
I don't see how physical therapy can help your bursitis at all. It's inflamed. Ice, rest, and anti-inflammatory drugs are needed, AFAIK.
I had difficulty moving my arm. Before the last cortisone injection and the round of Naprosen, the shoulder was swollen. Even after the swelling subsided, I had real difficulty raising my arm.
FWIW, the majority of my first shoulder surgery was spent repairing the "massive calcific bursitis." The word massive came from the post-operative report. It's worth noting that the doc saw zero evidence of bursitis in the MRI. He didn't see that until he opened me up. The initial plan was to do a repair of a small tendon tear using arthroscopy. Once he found the bursitis, he cut into the top of my shoulder, split my deltoid along the fibers and went to work on the bursae.
On this second surgery, with a different doc by the way... the MRI found a "severely" torn supraspinatus tendon and a torn coracohumeral ligament. The intent from the beginning was to open up my shoulder.
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Originally posted by Sandman
I don't see how physical therapy can help your bursitis at all. It's inflamed. Ice, rest, and anti-inflammatory drugs are needed, AFAIK.
I had difficulty moving my arm. Before the last cortisone injection and the round of Naprosen, the shoulder was swollen. Even after the swelling subsided, I had real difficulty raising my arm.
FWIW, the majority of my first shoulder surgery was spent repairing the "massive calcific bursitis." The word massive came from the post-operative report. It's worth noting that the doc saw zero evidence of bursitis in the MRI. He didn't see that until he opened me up. The initial plan was to do a repair of a small tendon tear using arthroscopy. Once he found the bursitis, he cut into the top of my shoulder, split my deltoid along the fibers and went to work on the bursae.
On this second surgery, with a different doc by the way... the MRI found a "severely" torn supraspinatus tendon and a torn coracohumeral ligament. The intent from the beginning was to open up my shoulder.
I'd stop going to theropy cept the doc is cute and she does cool things with my back to help my posture. Either way my arm is mobile and I'm on vitimin "M" (motrin 800) and it seems to help cept I have really bad mornings.
Actually now that I think about it my doc does some good stretches with my arm and it increases the mobility in my shoulder by about 30%. Currently I cannot lift anything over 5lbs over my head without some major pain.
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I don't know why people think the effect of taking vicodin is "cool"? I've been living on vicodin, percosett, and fentanyl patches for 3+ years now, and hate the feeling. You can't stay awake, you feel groggy and stupid, etc. How is that "cool?"
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I've taken enough of it so far that the initial side effect of being groggy and jittery at the same time pretty much subsided. Unlike the last time I took Vicodin for an extended time, no itching so I had that going for me as well.
That said... The thing I hate most about it is the constipation.
But I've been off of Vicodin now for a couple of days. Can't say I miss it.
Oh... and morphine is way WAY cooler than Vicodin. :D
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What, no House MD reference yet?
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Last time I met Sandy he had hair!!??
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I didn't have that much. :)
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Originally posted by Sandman
That said... The thing I hate most about it is the constipation.
When in doubt, pinky out! (and up!);)
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My gawd... there's a visual I do not want in my brain.
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Hey Sandman, how you feeling now? I'm going in tomorrow morning.
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Went in to work today... lasted about half the day.
I'm still pretty sore. I'm going to work all day tomorrow... I may run home during lunch, hit some more Naprosen and ice up my shoulder for a bit before I return.
Still have my stitches and stuck in this ****ing sling (that just makes my elbow ache). On Friday, I hope I'll be free of this thing after I visit the doc.