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For a great, reusable ice pack try the following. Put 1 part alcohol, 2 parts water in a zip lock bag. I use a full bottle of alcohol and then just fill it twice and dump in the bag. That fills a 1 gallon zip lock nicely. I then turn it upside down and put in another zip lock, just to be sure to avoid any leakage. Put it in the freezer and it becomes semi-solid. Will wrap around a body part nicely and stays cold a long time. Found it worked better than the cold machine my doctor prescribed, when I had my knee replaced last January and better than any other home made or store bought ice bag I ever tried. Cost less than $2.

Good luck, I hope you have a speedy recovery.

Tore mine up years ago Orthopedic Surgeon treated it as Rheumatoid Arthritis without an MRI. My Pulmonary Doctor (The Chief of Medicine for VAMC Seattle and Northwest Region)finally got an MRI showing a tear two months later. It was to late for surgery all they could do is go in and clean it up. That was over ten years ago.

Lot's of luck may the healing process go smoothly.

Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

Good luck buddy, it will get better.
I ihad surgery 6 weeks ago yesterday (12/12/14) for full tear rotator cuff tendon and labrum tear. Pretty good pain for first 3 days post surgery. After the first week, it subsided. After 2 weeks in a recliner, I made it into my bed. Had a few rough nights because I moved wrong in my sleep but its much better now. I started PT 3 weeks post surgery and its been tough but a good hurt because I'm on the mend. My PT is happy with my progress, range of motion, etc. She feels that I should be swinging a golf club by June/July time frame, provided I don't have any unforeseen problems.

Hang tuff, it will be better.

JD338

Be sure to ask for a brachial plexus block in addition to the general anesthesia. There are several versions of this but essentially it's "a shot" in the beck on the operative side blocking the sensory and motor nerves to the shoulder. It's done before you go to sleep but is not a terribly uncomfortable procedure. It aids anesthesia during surgery of course but give you variable 8-20 hours pain relief after you awake. Even after it wears off you will have less pain than if you'd never had it as the nerves were spared the initial painful stimulus of surgery and don't "remember" it.

Some versions actually place a small catheter into your neck near the brachial plexus and it is used continuously with local anesthetic administered via a little pump. It's just in short term.

I had a total knee replacement 12 months ago and need the other knee replaced. I'm not looking forward to it as it has taken the full year to really feel good (although the extreme arthritis pain is gone). Now, I find out that I need rotator cuff surgery before I have the other knee replaced. Getting old is a bitch!!! Hope you heal soon.

btdt, except 360 labrum torn away from socket


got behind on pain meds coming out of surgery

tough guy??? pain meds I don't need no steenkin pain meds, I feel great

till the block wore off

hate it for you

do the PT, get it stretched out, that's gonna hurt too, follow those therapists instructions.

I was gnat's hair from having to be put under and having everything pulled loose.

lotta sweating, cursing and hurting, got er done

Had the right one done in Oct. 2006 and was deer hunting with the Redhawk in my left hand one month later. I have had no issues with recoil on the right shoulder. Had the left one done in Dec. 2013. In both cases, the heavy duty pain lasted 4-5 days. Don't get behind on your meds, if they say every 4 hrs, take them every 4 hrs.

Do what the doc and PT tell you, be sure to do the 'homework', that is important. I drive a desk at work but was back part time about one month after the 2013 surgery. 2 weeks later, I was back full time. I also did a bunch of snow shoveling that winter but mostly the left side just steadied the shovel, the right side did most of the work.

The biggest biotch for me is that I sleep on my side, no matter which side I'm on, the shoulder starts to hurt after an hour or 2 and wakes me. I roll over and get another 2 hrs. Other than that, no problems and I have full range and good strength.

Dale