There’s not too much to report during my ninth week of recovery from my second shoulder surgery.
The week was a bit of a roller coaster ride with good and bad moments.
I experienced random stretches of extreme pain – where I was brought to tears.
Eventually, the discomfort dialed down a few notches.
I am still working on finding a sleeping setup that works well on a consistent basis. Sleep deprivation is hard after almost a year of this.
There have been some good moments.
I had a couple of decent nights of sleep. Yay!
Yesterday, I woke up without much pain, and I wasn’t even very sore when the Mr. picked me up from work.
In fact, it was the best day I’d had in months.
Unfortunately, I scared myself later in the evening when I dropped a strawberry and suddenly jerked my right arm to grab it.
Oh. My. Goodness.
The pain in my shoulder took my breath away.
Fortunately, nothing popped, and the pain dissipated, but I’m still freaked out.
I’m monitoring myself to see how I feel today and will definitely discuss what happened when I go to physical therapy this afternoon.
I was supposed to go yesterday, but the office called and rescheduled it due to my therapist being out.
God knew, y’all.
Please say a prayer for me. I don’t think I re-injured myself, but I’m scared because of everything I’ve been through this past year. I’m over analyzing every ache and pain and driving myself a little crazy with worry.
During my last appointment, my surgeon specifically told me not to jerk my arm. He’s only had one or two patients tear their rotator cuffs after surgery because they did something like this. I couldn’t bear the thought of starting over again.
Sigh.
Thanks, friends!
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