Shoulder Operation....

Danny

Danny

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The first of my shoulder operations is a week thursday (16th October)

Cant come soon enough but dreading the mass of headaches its going to create... no use of my right arm for 6 months (surgeon says may be quicker)...

Then when I recover I get the left one done...

remind me why I did so much plastering all those years ago?
 
Danny said:
The first of my shoulder operations is a week thursday (16th October)

Cant come soon enough but dreading the mass of headaches its going to create... no use of my right arm for 6 months (surgeon says may be quicker)...

Then when I recover I get the left one done...

remind me why I did so much plastering all those years ago?
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honestly, realistically, think of a 12/15 month break from the building trade, think postively, keep your mind active over the coming months, long haul ahead danny, keep us informed how you are getting on, all the best,
 
Danny said:
The first of my shoulder operations is a week thursday (16th October)

Cant come soon enough but dreading the mass of headaches its going to create... no use of my right arm for 6 months (surgeon says may be quicker)...

Then when I recover I get the left one done...

remind me why I did so much plastering all those years ago?
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That's the reason why I left plastering, if you are self employed 6 months out is just not possible. That's why I never considered having surgery also there was never a 100% guarantee that full mobility of the shoulder would be restored. It was basically a gamble I just wasn't prepared to take.
 
hector said:
honestly, realistically, think of a 12/15 month break from the building trade, think postively, keep your mind active over the coming months, long haul ahead danny, keep us informed how you are getting on, all the best,
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Yeah I have had about a year off any major building projects which ahs helped but I do have my 75M2 storage building to get built next year but no pressure or drams if it does not.

I have plenty of things to keep my mind busy :D Not driving or going out on the bike is going to hurt more...


paulf said:
That's the reason why I left plastering, if you are self employed 6 months out is just not possible. That's why I never considered having surgery also there was never a 100% guarantee that full mobility of the shoulder would be restored. It was basically a gamble I just wasn't prepared to take.
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Surgery has been the last resort... not being able to use my hands and having weeks out of action has not been great... fingers crossed they dont botch it :D
 
Danny said:
Yeah I have had about a year off any major building projects which ahs helped but I do have my 75M2 storage building to get built next year but no pressure or drams if it does not.

I have plenty of things to keep my mind busy :D Not driving or going out on the bike is going to hurt more...




Surgery has been the last resort... not being able to use my hands and having weeks out of action has not been great... fingers crossed they dont botch it :D
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It'll be fine hopefully.
Shoulder Operation....
 
Hello I am out of office and using a speech to text at the on my phone so this should be quite interesting.

The operation went well they managed to avoid doing a rotator cuff repair because it wasn't needed the pain and problems I've been suffering it because it was bone on bone so they've managed to grind away a lot of the bone and get some distance between them now by removing the bone if that makes sense.

They also found that had quite a lot of bones bears which is what was damaging my tendons and stuff so they've now taken them all off and ground away all that and giving a nice polish so you shouldn't be a massively long recovery.

I am off my tits on morphine and a nerve block so that's going to be an absolute joy I think when that wears off.
 
Decided to semi retire b4 knees get worst now. Only do my best regulars n limited type of jobs I'll do. No more up big scaffolds especially on cold winter mornings. Won't bother with quacks unless it gets to bad or new breakthrough less barbaric treatments become available.
 
Danny said:
The first of my shoulder operations is a week thursday (16th October)

Cant come soon enough but dreading the mass of headaches its going to create... no use of my right arm for 6 months (surgeon says may be quicker)...

Then when I recover I get the left one done...

remind me why I did so much plastering all those years ago?
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at the time, did you already feel pain in the shoulder? Were you aware that you were asking too much from your body?
 
Danny said:
The first of my shoulder operations is a week thursday (16th October)

Cant come soon enough but dreading the mass of headaches its going to create... no use of my right arm for 6 months (surgeon says may be quicker)...

Then when I recover I get the left one done...

remind me why I did so much plastering all those years ago?
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Not surprised with the size of your wallet!!
 
first physio today and been told I will be lucky if i get my full range of movement back...

I have been doing my physio at home but seems that it might not matter...

not giving up, time to work a bit harder and booking in for hydro and will seek further help to get my old life back :-\
 
Danny said:
first physio today and been told I will be lucky if i get my full range of movement back...

I have been doing my physio at home but seems that it might not matter...

not giving up, time to work a bit harder and booking in for hydro and will seek further help to get my old life back :-\
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Hope you get to where you need to be, your current situation is what made me skip the surgery and jump ship and move on to something else.
By that I mean that the recovery would be to long for a one man band to be out the game and support your family, after all I don't fall back on the state for help. So it was get a job..
 
paulf said:
Hope you get to where you need to be, your current situation is what made me skip the surgery and jump ship and move on to something else.
By that I mean that the recovery would be to long for a one man band to be out the game and support your family, after all I don't fall back on the state for help. So it was get a job..
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I had been living with the pain for a fair few years before the op and I am glad Ihad the op but my good its depressing...
 
Danny said:
I had been living with the pain for a fair few years before the op and I am glad Ihad the op but my good its depressing...
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It's getting out the other side and seeing the lay of the land and moving forwards.
 
this is rather typical of your generation; you have this bias to work through pain. Because if you give in to the pain, you're a pussy. Your body literally had to stop you from moving your arms before you got the memo. I don't want to rub it in but I'm not sure you're supposed to get your old life back. Because if you go back to how you were living, you'll end up in the same place again. When you heal up, you gotta put a limit on yourself and never work through pain again. I'm a small guy, and I can't do this job longer than 6 hours per day. If I work longer, I start feeling cranky within a few weeks; sleep turns to s**t and I can feel that I'm not recovering properly. But if I simply work 5 days for ~6 hours per day and use my weekends to recover properly, I keep enjoying the work. If I don't limit myself, I end up hating the job and my life in general. I'm sure I'm gonna get some nasty comments from some people here but I don't give a s**t. There's no shame in respecting your body's limits. If you can plaster for 60 hours per week or render 70m2 in a single day and not end up in the hospital, well great for you. But don't push that toxic lifestyle on other people, you daft c**ts. Because threads like these are the result.
 
Woods said:
this is rather typical of your generation; you have this bias to work through pain. Because if you give in to the pain, you're a pussy. Your body literally had to stop you from moving your arms before you got the memo. I don't want to rub it in but I'm not sure you're supposed to get your old life back. Because if you go back to how you were living, you'll end up in the same place again. When you heal up, you gotta put a limit on yourself and never work through pain again. I'm a small guy, and I can't do this job longer than 6 hours per day. If I work longer, I start feeling cranky within a few weeks; sleep turns to s**t and I can feel that I'm not recovering properly. But if I simply work 5 days for ~6 hours per day and use my weekends to recover properly, I keep enjoying the work. If I don't limit myself, I end up hating the job and my life in general. I'm sure I'm gonna get some nasty comments from some people here but I don't give a s**t. There's no shame in respecting your body's limits. If you can plaster for 60 hours per week or render 70m2 in a single day and not end up in the hospital, well great for you. But don't push that toxic lifestyle on other people, you daft c**ts. Because threads like these are the result.
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Gave up plastering full time in 2009...
 
Danny said:
Gave up plastering full time in 2009...
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had the damage already been done? And what else were you doing at the time to grind those shoulders? Because if you weren't straining your shoulders, there's likely another reason why your joints gave out. Nutritional deficits? Extremely high stress levels? Unable to regenerate properly? This might sound ridiculous to you, but it might be worth scheduling an appointment with a psychologist to figure some things out. Whenever there's a physical problem, there's usually a mental problem first.
 
Woods said:
had the damage already been done? And what else were you doing at the time to grind those shoulders? Because if you weren't straining your shoulders, there's likely another reason why your joints gave out. Nutritional deficits? Extremely high stress levels? Unable to regenerate properly? This might sound ridiculous to you, but it might be worth scheduling an appointment with a psychologist to figure some things out. Whenever there's a physical problem, there's usually a mental problem first.
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No idea, there are signs of arthritis in the shoulders which the surgeon has polished off.

stress levels yes always on my limit

Food nutrition - I eat pretty good, my wife is a good cook and we pretty much only eat whole foods as a rule

Exercise - walk 3 miles at least every day, skateboard (yes still) mountain bike, jog.

Mental? - I have just beeen diagnosed with severe ADHD which is not surprising but still good to have a label for my behaviour :-\ Explains why i am a powerhouse at some things when I get my teeth into them
 
Woods said:
this is rather typical of your generation; you have this bias to work through pain. Because if you give in to the pain, you're a pussy. Your body literally had to stop you from moving your arms before you got the memo. I don't want to rub it in but I'm not sure you're supposed to get your old life back. Because if you go back to how you were living, you'll end up in the same place again. When you heal up, you gotta put a limit on yourself and never work through pain again. I'm a small guy, and I can't do this job longer than 6 hours per day. If I work longer, I start feeling cranky within a few weeks; sleep turns to s**t and I can feel that I'm not recovering properly. But if I simply work 5 days for ~6 hours per day and use my weekends to recover properly, I keep enjoying the work. If I don't limit myself, I end up hating the job and my life in general. I'm sure I'm gonna get some nasty comments from some people here but I don't give a s**t. There's no shame in respecting your body's limits. If you can plaster for 60 hours per week or render 70m2 in a single day and not end up in the hospital, well great for you. But don't push that toxic lifestyle on other people, you daft c**ts. Because threads like these are the result.
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Bet you feel better now that's off your chest.
 
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