No, way too painful to do anything like that. I once slept on it wrong and couldn't feel or move it for several hours.
Down time due to surgery
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I have ankylosing spondylitis that has messed up my neck and back pretty badly. It started to work over my shoulders, to the point I could not raise my right arm above my head. I was able to get on enbrel and it stopped the shoulder issues almost immediately. It could not help reverse any of the neck and back issues but it stopped them from progressing.
It ate up my hips and I went to get the right one replaced last September. At my very first appointment he said you do not have long to go before your left hip needs replaced too. I had the right hip replaced and they made me come off enbrel for a month....which really messed my neck up pretty badly. I had a rougher time with that than the hip recovery.
Shooting pool with a permanent tilt to the right of the neck, along with limited side to side and up and down movement is one of the more frustrating things I have done. I quit playing for a long time because of the frustration. I cuss a lot.
The left hip is about done now, just made it one year after the docs prediction. I went to the State Fair a couple of weeks ago and thought I was going to have to steal a hoveround from someone to get back to the truck. I live out on acreage and am now trying to plan the next replacement so it doesn't interfere with mowing season or having to go out and break ice for the horses in the winter.
I am dreading the down time from my pool table. Even with all that is wrong physically and my horrible play, I still manage to make some shots or have a decent game or two that give me a lot of enjoyment most every time I play, which is daily.
It ate up my hips and I went to get the right one replaced last September. At my very first appointment he said you do not have long to go before your left hip needs replaced too. I had the right hip replaced and they made me come off enbrel for a month....which really messed my neck up pretty badly. I had a rougher time with that than the hip recovery.
Shooting pool with a permanent tilt to the right of the neck, along with limited side to side and up and down movement is one of the more frustrating things I have done. I quit playing for a long time because of the frustration. I cuss a lot.
The left hip is about done now, just made it one year after the docs prediction. I went to the State Fair a couple of weeks ago and thought I was going to have to steal a hoveround from someone to get back to the truck. I live out on acreage and am now trying to plan the next replacement so it doesn't interfere with mowing season or having to go out and break ice for the horses in the winter.
I am dreading the down time from my pool table. Even with all that is wrong physically and my horrible play, I still manage to make some shots or have a decent game or two that give me a lot of enjoyment most every time I play, which is daily.
First and foremost, good luck with the surgery. My fingers are crossed for you as you navigate this difficult moment in life.
Perhaps Jeanette Lee's story might inspire you. She struggled with scoliosis since childhood and had dozens of surgeries over the years to help her deal with it. On a few occasions, she was told she'd probably have to give up pool, but she wouldn't hear of it and defiantly crafted a BCA Hall of Fame career.
We're all in your camp here at AZB. You're family.
Perhaps Jeanette Lee's story might inspire you. She struggled with scoliosis since childhood and had dozens of surgeries over the years to help her deal with it. On a few occasions, she was told she'd probably have to give up pool, but she wouldn't hear of it and defiantly crafted a BCA Hall of Fame career.
We're all in your camp here at AZB. You're family.
good luck man.
for a while i took oxy or tramadol just to be able to compete (lower back is wrecked with degen. discs, hernias, etc). but i couldn't really fade the side effects so i never got hooked. i have realized that bending over for 6-7 hours straight simply isn't optimal for a broken back..
for a while i took oxy or tramadol just to be able to compete (lower back is wrecked with degen. discs, hernias, etc). but i couldn't really fade the side effects so i never got hooked. i have realized that bending over for 6-7 hours straight simply isn't optimal for a broken back..
I've always thought metaphor.
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Sound like the Doctor Blew it, but they got paid weather you had good, or bad outcome. Think Doctor should be like Auto Shop, if they screw up a repair, they got to redo it for free.
Buddy had Total Hip, it need redo, they did that same day, he is living with Never Damage & Drop Foot a year later. Doctor who did surgery said in so many words, S-Happens.
Also there is no one size fit all healing time, we Arte all different.
JMHO
Coming from someone who has RF Ablations on their back every one to two years, just so they can remain functional while they consider having a fusion on their L5-S1, I completely understand.
I wish you the best!
So it's done. Still recovering. Lol well it was just yesterday. It was originally scheduled for the 9th but I was on the table they had given me oxy and the anesthesiologist comes in and says umm you took synjardy yesterday? Umm that's a hard stop. You can end up in the icu. I said they told me in my preop last week to take it to the day before. Yeah can't take it less than 4 days before so it was delayed till yesterday.
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When I was in my teens they rebuilt my shoulder one morning. The surgeon made his rounds at six-thirty the next morning. I was waiting. I jumped up and shook his hand. He said, "Well, I can see there is no sense trying to hold you." I was out by that afternoon.
Not the same anymore. If the doctor heads in after a hangnail I ask for something for pain! Somebody had told me that pain killers slow healing back when they cut on the shoulder. Damned cut three-quarter around my shoulder, more than I had bargained for. I refused all pain med's to try to heal faster. DUM DE DUMB DUMB!
Not the same anymore. If the doctor heads in after a hangnail I ask for something for pain! Somebody had told me that pain killers slow healing back when they cut on the shoulder. Damned cut three-quarter around my shoulder, more than I had bargained for. I refused all pain med's to try to heal faster. DUM DE DUMB DUMB!
Good luck on your recovery . I am still working on getting my strength and stamina back , my wife is worried all the time about me overdoing it. I am not supposed to lift more than 10 lbs feel a bit worthless at times when I see my wife struggle with something I could have done 1 handed a few months ago . Hope you get back to the table soon .
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Yeah I understand. I felt pretty useless for the first several weeks and couple of months when they did my left shoulder. I wouldn't let them give me oxy this time and the vicodin ain't quite cutting it. so we'll see how I sleep tonight now that the saddle block has worn off.
The trick if there is one is to use only enough to make the pain tolerable. (how aspirin works - or doesn't) I think people get into trouble trying to eliminate discomfort entirely.
Pretty much what my doctor told me when I expressed concerns about addiction. He said as you only take something when and as much as really needed, you wouldn't get addicted. Seems right after thirty years or so.
After surgeries and such they are bringing me stuff before I ask for it. A major back surgery, they put me just outside the nurses station. I knew that meant they expected me to need a lot of attention. By late the first evening I decided I had all the fun I wanted and rang for a goodie. The nurse was at my bed with a little cup with half a dozen pills in it instantly, a lot less than a minute. When I commented she said she already had the pills in the cup, she was fixing to come make me take them!
I don't advocate taking drugs. I have learned over the years and don't advocate not taking them anymore either.
Oh yeah, about aspirin, it used to be well known as the wonder drug. It still is. I do recommend getting the stuff with buffers in it, aspirin can be rough on stomachs. However aspirin is good for pain, fever, and inflammation. As most know, an old Indian remedy. It comes from the inner bark of willows best I recall.
Hu
I did hospital time when opioids were hot, and I'd get prescriptions like, "Take one every 4 to 6 hours as needed for pain."
Half the pill was enough for severe pain and I ended up on quarters with lots left for anxiety and pressure related annoyances.
I curse that joint daily!!!
Coming from someone who has RF Ablations on their back every one to two years, just so they can remain functional while they consider having a fusion on their L5-S1, I completely understand.
I wish you the best!
I have a fusion front and rear and a titanium cage in the middle of l5-s1. What joint?(grin)
Hu
Having had TSR on both shoulders, your TSR on your bridge hand shoulder will take longer to get back to playing pool than TSR on your grip hand shoulder, since your bridge hand / arm is repeatedly stretched out over your head in the shooting position.
My TSR on my left (bridge hand) shoulder, after 10 years post-op has apparently according to 2 surgeons worn down the components to now needing to be re-done, due to increased pain and instability when playing. They are now recommending Reverse TSR, which hopefully is what you got.
For TSR on your bridge arm shoulder, I would plan on 2 months PT until you can slowly start practicing a little, then another 2+ months before you’ll be ready for competition or longer sessions.
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I got reverse on both shoulders