Old Steve
10th July 2017, 18:37
I've been in to the workshop for my 600,000 hour service, and had the swing arm repaired.
Actually I had my shoulder reconstruction on Friday. In an interaction with a taxi pulling through traffic, I had 3 of the 4 rotator cuff tendons torn. After the operation, the surgeon told me that one tendon had been completely torn and pulled back behind the shoulder joint. He had been able to pull it out and join it completely and join the tears in the other two tendons. It's reassuring to see your surgeon beaming at his own ability.
So I'm off work for 8 weeks and at the moment have my arm in a sling strapped to my waist and a small bag of anaesthetic and an automatic pump in a pouch which feeds 0.05 mL of painkiller through a fine tube into a bunch of nerves in my shoulder every minute and a half. It works great, just a whir every 90 seconds and no pain at all. I have to remove it tomorrow, but apparently if you have good pain control for the first 3 to 4 days after the operation then the result will be better.
However, all I want to do is sleep, it's awkward sleeping with your arm in a bulky padded sling but I am getting over 12 hours per day. In act it's time for a little nap right now.
Actually I had my shoulder reconstruction on Friday. In an interaction with a taxi pulling through traffic, I had 3 of the 4 rotator cuff tendons torn. After the operation, the surgeon told me that one tendon had been completely torn and pulled back behind the shoulder joint. He had been able to pull it out and join it completely and join the tears in the other two tendons. It's reassuring to see your surgeon beaming at his own ability.
So I'm off work for 8 weeks and at the moment have my arm in a sling strapped to my waist and a small bag of anaesthetic and an automatic pump in a pouch which feeds 0.05 mL of painkiller through a fine tube into a bunch of nerves in my shoulder every minute and a half. It works great, just a whir every 90 seconds and no pain at all. I have to remove it tomorrow, but apparently if you have good pain control for the first 3 to 4 days after the operation then the result will be better.
However, all I want to do is sleep, it's awkward sleeping with your arm in a bulky padded sling but I am getting over 12 hours per day. In act it's time for a little nap right now.