I had my rotator cuff repaired yesterday in a 2-hour operation. I was home resting a couple of hours later.<\/p>\n
They gave me a nerve block so my whole right arm was numb and paralyzed. It wore off in the middle of the night, and I had to start taking hydrocodone. I’m still on pain pills, so I may be less coherent than usual.<\/p>\n
They drilled a hole into the bone and screwed a plastic screw into it to sew the tendon to. He said my bones are very hard and he broke a couple of screws before he got one in. I guess hard bones is good news.<\/p>\n
My arm will stay in a sling for several weeks, though I have to take it out a couple of times a day to do some simple limbering exercises. I’m typing this from within the sling, actually easier than I expected though moving the mouse is not. <\/p>\n
I also got a cold therapy machine. I (Gisele) fill an ice chest with ice and water, and it pumps the cold water through a special pad strapped to my shoulder. I’m using it almost 24 hours a day — it feels good and should speed healing.<\/p>\n
Gisele’s getting lots of practice waiting on me. I hope to start doing more for myself shortly.<\/p>\n
I’ll publish updates as things change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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