Not quite no pain. But I'll take it.
After the nerve block wore off, I was still drifting on codeine, after the warnings from pretty much everyone at the hospital. But I was able to get up easily, shower (keeping the spray away from the plasters), get dressed easily, and I had pretty good movement in my shoulder.
During the day I didn't take any medication. For the last 10 weeks I've either taken pain meds religiously on a schedule, or when a twinge lets me know that the pain is coming back, or when the pain is so bad I can't find any way of getting away from it. But today nothing reminded me to take medication, because the pain just never came.
Don't get me wrong. There was discomfort, but it was along the lines of the sort of muscle ache you get the day after a good workout. It certainly wasn't pain, and it was enormously better than the day before the surgery.
I could lift my arm up unassisted in front of me, up to shoulder height with my arm straight. I had no movement backwards, my arm still wouldn't go behind hip level. And to the side I could lift it to about 45 degrees. But it didn't hurt, and now it felt more like it was just stiff muscles, not frozen, stuck joints, so it felt like there was a way forward.
That night I slept for 10 hours straight. It was bliss. I replaced the bloodied plasters, and the incisions looked fine, no more bleeding and they were tiny and very neat. Quite amazing to think about the metal objects that were pushed through those little holes and what they did when they were in there. Mr Shoulder really is awfully good at what he does.
The plasters and "landmark" drawings:
Over the weekend I was able to have a bath, I slept really well, and was able to bake a cake and go to a friend's BBQ. And then on Monday I went for a run. So far it appears the surgery was a success.
After the nerve block wore off, I was still drifting on codeine, after the warnings from pretty much everyone at the hospital. But I was able to get up easily, shower (keeping the spray away from the plasters), get dressed easily, and I had pretty good movement in my shoulder.
During the day I didn't take any medication. For the last 10 weeks I've either taken pain meds religiously on a schedule, or when a twinge lets me know that the pain is coming back, or when the pain is so bad I can't find any way of getting away from it. But today nothing reminded me to take medication, because the pain just never came.
Don't get me wrong. There was discomfort, but it was along the lines of the sort of muscle ache you get the day after a good workout. It certainly wasn't pain, and it was enormously better than the day before the surgery.
I could lift my arm up unassisted in front of me, up to shoulder height with my arm straight. I had no movement backwards, my arm still wouldn't go behind hip level. And to the side I could lift it to about 45 degrees. But it didn't hurt, and now it felt more like it was just stiff muscles, not frozen, stuck joints, so it felt like there was a way forward.
That night I slept for 10 hours straight. It was bliss. I replaced the bloodied plasters, and the incisions looked fine, no more bleeding and they were tiny and very neat. Quite amazing to think about the metal objects that were pushed through those little holes and what they did when they were in there. Mr Shoulder really is awfully good at what he does.
The plasters and "landmark" drawings:
Over the weekend I was able to have a bath, I slept really well, and was able to bake a cake and go to a friend's BBQ. And then on Monday I went for a run. So far it appears the surgery was a success.
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