Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression surgery

robotrobo

scotty1971 wrote: »

i am hoping i just get the clean and spur removed, i work as a nurse and drive around 250 miles a week.so maybe be best to be off the 6 weeks

I can tell you that you will not be driving for at least 6 weeks if you have the full op, there is no way you will be able to do it,you will knacker your arm up & you will be a danger, plus you must inform your insurance because if you don't you will have no insurance at all.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news , but it's reality time for you, I'm telling you that you will have a job to wash under your smelly armpit & dress yourself for the first 2weeks , & your life will be in very slow motion for 6 weeks or more , if we are talking about the same operation .12 months down the line since my first op& things are very good , but there is still a bit more recovery to come , & I exercise every day & have been for my 64 lengths of the local pool this morning.
You will be younger than me ,but even so you need the rest, the gentle basic exercises they give you , eg open & closeing your hand & very simplistic movements that you take for granted now at this moment in time.
If you were sat at a desk doing your job!,then possibly back to work in 2 weeks,but only using the one arm.I can tell you all these things as I had no problems with the first operation.
I wish you all the best & please ask any question on your mind & I will answer it based on my own experience.

scotty1971

robotrobo wrote: »

I can tell you that you will not be driving for at least 6 weeks if you have the full op, there is no way you will be able to do it,you will knacker your arm up & you will be a danger, plus you must inform your insurance because if you don't you will have no insurance at all.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news , but it's reality time for you, I'm telling you that you will have a job to wash under your smelly armpit & dress yourself for the first 2weeks , & your life will be in very slow motion for 6 weeks or more , if we are talking about the same operation .12 months down the line since my first op& things are very good , but there is still a bit more recovery to come , & I exercise every day & have been for my 64 lengths of the local pool this morning.
You will be younger than me ,but even so you need the rest, the gentle basic exercises they give you , eg open & closeing your hand & very simplistic movements that you take for granted now at this moment in time.
If you were sat at a desk doing your job!,then possibly back to work in 2 weeks,but only using the one arm.I can tell you all these things as I had no problems with the first operation.
I wish you all the best & please ask any question on your mind & I will answer it based on my own experience.

Does this apply to the cleaning out and removal of the spur,or what you had done?

dippy3103

I have had both shoulders done this year- I have had the sleepless nights for 4 years. I had my ACJ removed as well as the decompression.
My non dominant arm was done in March and has recovered well. My other in August and I now have bursitis in that.

Post op I was very very sore, but certainly in my first shoukder it was very much worth it to get full pain free movement back

Good luck on the 19th x

robotrobo

scotty1971 wrote: »

Does this apply to the cleaning out and removal of the spur,or what you had done?

If you have as above, I think you will be a month at the latest,like I say if you are sat at a desk you will make it back after the first week.

Every op is different I suppose for each person,it's not really about the pain threshold it's more about getting the everyday use back in to it & driving is not included in that assessment, like i say google shoulder doc & all the answers for you are on there , that's what I found.
I hope everything goes well for you & I can assure you that you have not a lot to worry about ,plenty of simple movements as shown by the physio post op & you will be fine, good luck.

scotty1971

well all went well in op today,no pain yet due to nerve block but i expect i wont be the same tomorrow!! lol

robotrobo

scotty1971 wrote: »

well all went well in op today,no pain yet due to nerve block but i expect i wont be the same tomorrow!! lol

MORNING SCOTTY!.
Well how do you feel this morning ?. good i hope , theres no need for me to tell you now how to take care of yourself now , as the physio will have already had words with you.
If you are feeling a bit pins & needles in the arm , this will disappear eventually , have you got the POPEYE bulge on or near your biceps ?, if you have they do this to give more access to the problem to operate , it will melt in to the muscle over the comeing months , dont forget you will have to open your pressies with one hand now!.:rotfl:

scotty1971

in a bit more pain today,finding it difficult to get much movement yet,but hopefully this will come good in the next few days.Did try to keep the sling off for a while,but tended to try and move my arm a bit too quickly,but was reminded by a sudden surge in pain to take it easy!!

pogofish

Great thread - I've just been put forward for this in both shoulders (left - the worst first) and its good to get aheads-up on what to expect.

FBaby

I can tell you that you will not be driving for at least 6 weeks if you have the full op, there is no way you will be able to do it,

OH went through this surgery on both shoulders and was driving after only a couple of weeks. Ok, he is one of those who can't stand being at home all day doing nothing, so was always determined to get on with his job (which involves a lot of driving) as soon as possible. That doesn't mean everyone can, but to say that it is impossible is not correct.

It did take weeks for the pain to totally go, but was ok to get on with most things after 5 days. It took months for him to regain almost full movement (although one shoulder will never allow the same flexibility), but 3 years on now, and the pain is completely gone and he can do almost everything he did before.

scotty1971

Well 10 months down the line from my OP,and it's sad to say it has not worked!!! still in pain at night and no sleep,surgeon says he will try putting a nerve block in next.Not to sure what he means by this,so will need to wait and see. so if anyone who had surgery and it didn't work let me know what you did next.

thanks

scott