Mike: amething here, went snowmobiling, was up at 3, pain so great, i turned to cold seat, had to change shirts, they feel my tendion may have broken lose, went into irregular heart beat due to pain. blood pressure up, heartbeat at 110, feel like crap. Told doc to give me some good hippie meds so I can just sleep. Been in recovery for months, and getting burnt out Garry ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "XJlist" <xjlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Strokers" <strokers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "AMC-DelMarVA: yahoogroups.com" <AMC-DelMarVA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "AMC List" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Mark Price" <Mark.Price@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:23 PM Subject: [Amc-list] OT: Ouch Pre-Op stuff >I don't know that I want to go thru with this, but it seems it is my only >hope other then waiting... > Doc is going to do one of three things. > First one is general cleanup of the shoulder again, recovery, six weeks > light duty. > > Second one is if the cartilidge is damaged, then he will go in a remove > some bone and install a TI plate. > Six weeks, NO STRESS on arm at all, then return to light duty, gradually > working up to normal. This one requires an over night stay in the > hospital. > > Third one is a new technique where if the cartildge is good they drill up > into the area of dead bone from underneath, breaking thru the encapsulated > area to try and speed healing and bone growth. This preserves the > cartilidge of the joint. This is what he will likely do if the cartilidge > is good and strong with no tears. Same day surgery, light duty for six > weeks. > > I'm not real wild about any of this, but I've been trying to extend my > percocet use down to the last minute, partial tabs, waiting for shills > from withdrawel. It's not fun. Not only do I have to contend with > withdrawel, but it still hurts like a MF... > Got to try this surgery... > > Sorry to bother everyone, but enough people have expressed concern, so I > thought I send out an update. > > -- > Mark Price > Morgantown, WV > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II > " Chronic Pain Hurts" > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list