Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Baymule]

That’s a really great post op visit!

 

[Mike CHS]

Up until today, the PT was mostly passive but we switched over to more serious muscle rebuilding mode this morning. This whole experience has really been humbling but the constant pain is mostly gone so I can take a bit of humble. I have lifted weights for almost all of my adult life and in my 30-50 years of age, I was really into heavy weights. I had to chuckle with my PT guy this morning. There was a large period of years where I could routinely bench press 350 pounds. This morning I was finding it painful to bench press mostly no weight but using a piece of dowel rod. Tonight it feels like I had tried several hundred pounds since we are just starting the rebuild and trying to replace and do what the rotator cuff used to do but now without a rotator cuff.

 

[Baymule]

350 pounds to a dowel rod is quite a difference. Sounds like you are in good hands.

 

[Mike CHS]

We went and had lunch at the truck stop about a mile from our house. This place always had really good food and we ate theree quite often until it got pretty much destroyed by fire a couple of years ago. They finally got it rebuilt and opened a little over a year ago but we only tried it once until today. The reason is they only had a buffet and we didn't care for it. To us it tasted like a school lunch buffet but they recently started a full menu so we wanted to check it out. I had their smoked half chicken and it was really good and of course, the leftover chicken will also be supper . Teresa had a burger and fries and she said it was also good.

I don't know their cost for rebuilding but it has to be in the million plus range.

 

[Baymule]

Was the rebuilding cost reflected on the menu?

 

[Mike CHS]

PT was pretty positive today. My therapist talked to me a bit as we were starting and we were switching over to more strength building but since there is no strength in my arm that leaves a lot open to interpretation. He did tell me that today would be the most painful to date and I can definitely say that it was. It doesn't feel bad tonight but I'm not jumping up and down to do push-ups.

 

[farmerjan]

Let's hope you aren't "jumping up and down" to do push ups... It's going to take time... but very positive from the PT guy by the sounds of it.... Why do we all want it to happen "right now" instead of being patient that it is going to take time...

Push ups against a wall in a vertical position will be alot easier than on the floor type.... whenever they allow you to do that sort of strength stuff....

 

[Ridgetop]

Also for better movement, let hot water in the shower hit your shoulder and walk your fingers up the wall to an upraised position.

 

[Mike CHS]

Also for better movement, let hot water in the shower hit your shoulder and walk your fingers up the wall to an upraised position.

That is one of the moves I'm doing every other day. I have tried doing it daily but that isn't happening.

It has been obvious that there is no reason to be anything other than patient since it isn't going to change anything.

 

[Mike CHS]

Even though it seems that I have been seeing doctors non-stop, I had what amounts to my annual today. She had more questions than normal. I'm not sure she was amused by some of my answers but she still smiled. One of the questions was about if I had any memory loss. I told her "not that I can remember".