Ok Rudi I feel like I have nothing on you and shouldn't even bother posting about my little injury.

Tremendouswand I hope mine doesn't take that long.  My biggest concern for me is not letting it heal and pushing to hard to soon.  Two weeks after I suffered the injury I was back out riding 25 miles a day on my road bike, not the mountain bike.  Doctor said if I could take the pain then go for it, that I had already done all the damage I could.

I'm looking forward to therapy just to get out of the house and do something.  I have to sleep sitting up, which isn't working out so well.   I guess if I lay on it wrong I could cause it to shift out of location.  I'm very concerned with that and I'm doing my best to follow the doctor's orders.  I also found that the pool is great for relaxing the shoulder and moving it around.  I even used the side jets to massage the shoulder and plan on doing that as soon as I get the ok to do so.

The nerve block wore off yesterday and I haven't taken any pain medication since last night at 8pm.  I'm sure I will have to take something before I start therapy.   Tonight we should be changing the bandage, wife works on the trauma floor at the hospital so it's nice to have her experience.  The doctor is a little more relaxed given she has that experience.  Even when our daughter had her thyroid cancer surgery, that doctor let our daughter go home early from the hospital because of the wife's experience.

The doctor did not find any damage to the cuff or any where else other than the AC separation.  I have not asked what loss there may be or if I will have any limitations or not.  After that first brief office visit, my understanding was after 3 months I would be back to doing whatever I do.  Thanks for the kind words everyone.

RTM wrote:

Ok Rudi I feel like I have nothing on you and shouldn't even bother posting about my little injury.

Tremendouswand I hope mine doesn't take that long.  My biggest concern for me is not letting it heal and pushing to hard to soon.  Two weeks after I suffered the injury I was back out riding 25 miles a day on my road bike, not the mountain bike.  Doctor said if I could take the pain then go for it, that I had already done all the damage I could.

I'm looking forward to therapy just to get out of the house and do something.  I have to sleep sitting up, which isn't working out so well.   I guess if I lay on it wrong I could cause it to shift out of location.  I'm very concerned with that and I'm doing my best to follow the doctor's orders.  I also found that the pool is great for relaxing the shoulder and moving it around.  I even used the side jets to massage the shoulder and plan on doing that as soon as I get the ok to do so.

The nerve block wore off yesterday and I haven't taken any pain medication since last night at 8pm.  I'm sure I will have to take something before I start therapy.   Tonight we should be changing the bandage, wife works on the trauma floor at the hospital so it's nice to have her experience.  The doctor is a little more relaxed given she has that experience.  Even when our daughter had her thyroid cancer surgery, that doctor let our daughter go home early from the hospital because of the wife's experience.

The doctor did not find any damage to the cuff or any where else other than the AC separation.  I have not asked what loss there may be or if I will have any limitations or not.  After that first brief office visit, my understanding was after 3 months I would be back to doing whatever I do.  Thanks for the kind words everyone.

 
Gosh o golly I did not mean to belittle your condition, but to stick with it and you will see good results by doing the physio. It worked out for me with the exception of the back surgery.

Rudi I didn't take it that way but it does put some things in a much different perspective.

Found out yesterday that I have to stay in the sling for six weeks then start rehab on the shoulder.  My first appointment for rehab will be on Sept 1st.  As for taking it easy I am but I'm also the type that will push to hard to soon so I have a real struggle ahead of me.  I want to order all the brake parts I need from MS but I know no matter how much I try to tell my son what to do I will be right in the middle of it all, so I haven't ordered anything yet.  lol

Are you high?!
2 weeks after surg you're swapping gears in an 8.8!    What happened to the "tak'in-it-EZ-for-a-while?
Go get'em tiger!!
6sal6

I had that issue with an 8.8 once too.  I don't know if they had different bearings for different years/models or something, but its not as oddball an issue as it should be. 

With my sons help we finished the front axle rebuild and installed all new upper control arms, tie rods and shocks.  I bought all ford parts except for the shocks.  I had Bilsteins on the rear so I bought the Bilsteins for the front.  Truck got an alignment this morning and very pleased with the outcome.  Better yet, the 4.10 gears were a perfect ratio for my tire size and they do not whine.  lol

On a real subject, my mustang.  As much as I want to work on it, I can't.  Not only because of my arm and most of it being more than my son can really handle, well I am sure we could get by.  This year has been a tough financial year on us.  With My daughter going through cancer surgery, the loss of my father which I had to pay for everything and of course my shoulder injury.  So now I have discovered there is a legal issue with the deed to the property my father had bought and I have to fork out a ton of cash to resolve it before I can sell it.  It's just been a tough year.  So I'll still  be lurking and hope I can offer some useful help but I'm sure I will have more questions than help.  

Me and my son did make a cool case spreader for the front axle rebuild. 

6sally6 wrote:

Keepa hang'in!!.......It can only get better!...right?!
6s6

 
It has too.  lol  Trying to find things to keep my mind busy is the challenge.  I did start reading a book today, the Carroll Shelby story.

I'm sure a good attorney would check this, but just in case, no title insurance on that property?  The policy info should be with the settlement documents if a policy was purchased. 

Yeah, I think that qualifies as a mess.  Its a chain of title issue as the deed transferring the property to your father was never recorded.  Then it falls on you because why would you buy title insurance for a family transfer between you and your father?  I certainly didn't with mine.  Ugh, hopefully it all works out.  If the next of kin cannot be reached its unlikely they would contest it.  Fingers crossed, thoughts and prayers for a rapid conclusion. 

Thought I would give a little update. I have completed my PT.  I was told from day one that I was further along than any one she had ever seen after shoulder surgery.  I see the dr on the 14th and hope to be released from my 20lb restriction and return to normal.  I have been back to work for four weeks.  Had to convince the dr I would be ok going back to work and did not want to be off for another four weeks.  I knew my shoulder was well enough.

I ordered patch panels for the front of my lower rocker panels and I'm hoping to install or at least start them this weekend.  The wife is actually pushing me to get back on the project and said she will buy a part or two every pay period.    My next purchase/purchases will be everything I need for the clutch pedal set up from roller bearings, cable clutch and parts for the hydro boost conversion.

Great new on the recovery and willingness of the better half to buy some parts!!!

BobE wrote:

RTM  - glad your on the road to recovery however, don't push the continued PT too fast.
After my third shoulder surgery in 2019, same shoulder, my advice is do not go too quickly with increasing PT routine, reps & weights, it can lead to damaging the repair.
Good luck.

Thanks and I couldn't agree more.  I've actually surprised myself and have been following the doctors orders pretty well, better than I use to!!!!  I do tend to push to hard and it's my competitive nature.  But I think this injury kind of made me think about it more than I have with other injuries.   My therapist is big into yoga and a lot of my PT was yoga based.  I since I have signed up with the hospital gym and they have yoga classes.  I attended my first two classes last week and feel it's perfect for my shoulder and me overall.  The yoga instructor is aware of my injury and will tell me not to do certain things.

 

Yoga is great for rehab as well as preventing future injuries.  It s decent thing to get into 1-2 times a week even when not rehabbing.  I started doing that years ago when I was lifting weights 3 times a week.  It made a huge difference in the amount of soreness I had from hard workouts, as well as greatly reducing repetitive stress injuries.

6sally6, there's videos of Danika Patrick doing yoga out there.  That'll fix you right up!