Anyone have post-surgery recovery go sideways on them?

About nine weeks ago, I had shoulder surgery. Shoulder was bothering me a lot, interfering particularly with anything remotely athletic I tried to do. Doc ordered an MRI and found the ridge on the shoulder blade was impinging on the tendons. They said it basically would never get better without surgery.

Fine, surgery it is.

Since it was nothing more than removing an impingement (no repair, no tendon damage), it should have been a simple case of have the surgery, wait for the swelling to go down, then get back to life.

But somewhere along the way, things went pear-shaped. Perpetual moderate pain plus excruciating pain first thing in the morning. I figure I've got maybe 50% use of my right arm. Based on what I was told before the surgery, I should be darned close to normal by now. But not only is it awful, there is zero week-to-week improvement. This $h!+ is getting old and I'd call the surgery an unqualified disaster at this point.

Followup with the surgeon tomorrow. Any tips for how to have the discussion so it doesn't degenerate into me calling out the doc for effing-up the surgery?

Posted: 07/26/2018 at 4:18PM

Anyone have post-surgery recovery go sideways on them? -- Tafkam Hokie 07/26/2018 4:18PM

I'm having similar shoulder issues now. Any throwing motion or big reach -- Late 80s Hokie 07/27/2018 08:41AM

Maybe it's frozen shoulder. You could have been babying it. -- GFallsFan 07/26/2018 5:56PM

You definitely need to get another doctor's opinion like Femoyer Hokie said ** -- 1MetroHokie 07/26/2018 5:23PM

My dad went through a nightmare with his knee replacement -- Tafkam Hokie 07/26/2018 6:17PM

And, had you listened to The Lounge doctors you wouldn't be having this -- Brown Water 07/26/2018 4:35PM

Surgery is for wussies. Suck it up buttercup. ** -- Stork 07/26/2018 5:51PM

#1 Lounge advice: Rub some dirt on it. ** -- EDGEMAN 07/26/2018 5:04PM

...tussin ** -- chumley 07/26/2018 5:52PM

If it was my elbow, that might not be so bad -- Tafkam Hokie 07/26/2018 4:46PM

Stonewall Jackson approves this post ** -- TomTurkey 07/26/2018 4:47PM

And Stonewall cannot blame pneumonia either ** -- 1MetroHokie 07/26/2018 5:24PM

Left with drinking heavily ** -- TomTurkey 07/26/2018 4:41PM

I'd lead with, "Doc, I hope your malpractice insurance is up to date" ** -- Brown Water 07/26/2018 4:34PM

I’d either start with another surgeon to review or an attorney. Don’t think -- Femoyer Hokie 07/26/2018 4:24PM

What procedure did you have for the impingement? Subacromial decompression? -- Upwind of uva 07/26/2018 9:18PM

Never got the medical name for what they did. -- Tafkam Hokie 07/27/2018 08:47AM

If they shave the clavicle (i.e., the impingement was in the AC joint)... -- Upwind of uva 07/27/2018 11:12AM

Problem started after about 3 weeks -- Tafkam Hokie 07/27/2018 11:21AM

Cool deal. Good luck. ** -- Upwind of uva 07/27/2018 12:42PM

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