On Monday Wife went under the knife. The poor sweet one has had numerous issues that have made pain a constant part of her life for years now. Finally a few months ago, she decided that pain shots were not the answer. If she was going to have the life she wanted she needed to address some of the issues which was going to mean surgery.
The first issue was her shoulder. She'd been diagnosed as EITHER having a rotator cuff injury or a torn muscle. But they said they wouldn't know until they actually did the surgery. This was unfortunate for planning since the first would require the arm immobilized for a month or so while the second only required the arm in a sling most of the time.
This was outpatient surgery. They were very efficient and we got in and out in no time at all. Sadly it was the more invasive surgery. But to show you just how much pain Wife has been putting up with over the years, I will relate this.
After the surgery, they advised us that shoulder surgery leads to a very painful recovery. So they loaded her up with opiods. Wife hates them. We requested something milder. They complied. But they made this bid deal about using the pain killers before the pain got too bad or else the healing would be inhibited. We are three days into recovery and Wife is hardly even using the milder pain killer at all. She uses Ibuprofen (as much for its anti-inflammation properties as for pain). Her observation is that the post-op pain is hardly any worse than the condition prior.
Wife is one tough cookie.
4 comments:
Thanks for the update. And de-I I have just read all your posts on the project. Amazing. I don't understand all about the business end. What an undertaking.
Yikes! Here's wishing Aunt de-I a speedy and successful recovery.
I am happy to hear, in a weird kind of way, that the pain isn't that bad. Pain is such a relative experience.
I'll be praying that the end result is that she is free of the pain. What a difficult thing to go through!
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