I fell off a bread truck onto my elbow over 10 weeks ago driving my humerus into my rotator cuff. Three of the four tendons are completely torn. Surgery will be in early June, with a 50-50 chance of doing any good at all, only a 25% chance of complete restoration of function. Then 6-12 weeks in a sling, 6-12 months of physical therapy. The PT will maximise whatever I've got, so my functioning will be at least improved regardless.
Not very encouraging, but I have already started adapting, anticipating what I can lift and what I can't, where I can reach. One gets creative. I am not especially discouraged. Life goes on.
I get twinges--nothing awful--in a somewhat damaged or unstable rotator cuff from time to time. Whenever I do these days, I think of you, because that sounds unimaginably painful.
ReplyDeleteOuch. That's a lot. Praying.
ReplyDeleteYou can keep praying, but it's not painful at all. Apparently it would be painful if the tendons were only partly ripped, but three of my four are completely torn.
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