O/T Shoulder injury

[Snopro]

Settting up waiting for happy pill to kick in, Been a month since I had a 300 pound truck tire fall 3 feet onto my shoulder while I was laying flat on my back. Going to doctors Thursday , They have got to figure out something. Pain is getting the best of me, plus I cant work. 

[grub662]

Those pills wont help you they will get you hooked.
I tore all the tendons from the left shoulder bone and ripped my chest muscle wide open in January of 2014. I felt like a dog that had been run over. After the MRI they immediately scheduled my surgery at St Joes in Bangor. Dr Morse at Downeast Orthopedics did the surgery and he told me this summer during a visit that I was " worst case scenario ." They almost had to saw my old shoulder out and replace it.
This winter I just got so I can run an ice auger without ripping my shoulder apart. I am so full of pins and permanent sutures I look like a baseball inside. Slow going and easy does it for me now, no heavy lifting, no risky stuff for me.
Good luck man, see Dr Morse in Bangor and he will fix you up. Oh yeah it was a $36,000.00 surgery plus a year out of work for me. Good luck!
Those pills will kill you.

[Jim_C.]

Shoulders are a bear.  Good luck, Ron!  I had a situation similar to Grub's in my right casting shoulder in 2007.  Major falls and grinding away over time did it in.  The surgery and recovery were long and really continue to this day. It will never be "right", but the pain is in check and I can still cast decently. And I always say....at least I didn't get it from someone shooting at me in a pile of sand somewhere overseas.

[Snopro]

Those pills wont help you they will get you hooked.
I tore all the tendons from the left shoulder bone and ripped my chest muscle wide open in January of 2014. I felt like a dog that had been run over. After the MRI they immediately scheduled my surgery at St Joes in Bangor. Dr Morse at Downeast Orthopedics did the surgery and he told me this summer during a visit that I was " worst case scenario ." They almost had to saw my old shoulder out and replace it.
This winter I just got so I can run an ice auger without ripping my shoulder apart. I am so full of pins and permanent sutures I look like a baseball inside. Slow going and easy does it for me now, no heavy lifting, no risky stuff for me.
Good luck man, see Dr Morse in Bangor and he will fix you up. Oh yeah it was a $36,000.00 surgery plus a year out of work for me. Good luck!
Those pills will kill you.

I can promise you one thing, those pills wont get me. I have been around a lot worse stuff and never got hooked. Hopefully I can get some answers tomorrow. I have no way to take 6 months or year off. It would bankrupt me. Today I'm on prescription strength naproxen. Helps during day.

[MG39]

Sorry to hear that news Ron.  As much as you hate being down, if you don't get it corrected, you may lose the use of it permanently & that's a real long financial loss. 

[Osage]

Here's the deal,you may have did yourself more harm by not dealing with it sooner.I busted my left shoulder 5 years ago,I just recovered from a back injury ( missed 11 months of work),worked 6 weeks,when I injured the shoulder.Not wishing to miss more work,I did my best to hide my injury untill it finally became unbearable.
    7 weeks after the injury,I went to the doc,I had a global tear of the rotor cuff,the cuff had retracted and dried,making it unusable.By the time I found a doc who was willing to work on it,8 more weeks had passed.The doc and therapist could only get me back to 65% use of the shoulder ( motion ) and 40% strength.
   This injury plus back surgery retired me at 50, my point is,shoulders are very complicated with a lot of moving parts,they are also the most painful to deal with.If you have a severely torn rotor cuff,time is of the essence,if it is just a tear,it can be repaired with full recovery.If it is more toward a global tear,you are playing with a very serious injury,that only worsens with time,resulting in less than desirable results.

[Snopro]

Update , going to get mri in the next week or when ever they get me in. Then we will have a plan of attack. Hope its a partial tear.

[Anomaly]

I hope they have the right gearing to get you back in one piece! 

[9huskies]

Sounds like a good plan. Get a picture and see what's damaged before trying to fix anything.

[Snopro]

If its a partial tear I will let nature take its course , full tear I will have to fix it and hope it don't bankrupt me. Seems to be better if I use it some. It has its limits .

[UP jigstick]

If you end up letting nature take it's course, expect 14 to 18 months before you are pain free again. Personal experience with 5 separate, minor, non-surgical, cuff tears. Of course, YMMV. Best of luck to you.

[Chris338378]

Good luck Pal, I hope you  make a full and speedy recovery.

[grub662]

Bumped to the top for a Dr's report. How is that shoulder?

[Snopro]

Got to go tomorrow at 4:45 for mri. Then wait to see what they find. Have limited use of it now.

[. Ron]

Got to go tomorrow at 4:45 for mri. Then wait to see what they find. Have limited use of it now.

MRI...isn't that the one where they put you in a tube with the whirlygigs revolving about you at a rapid pace?  If that's the one, I'm not sure you're going to make it.  My experiences in the machine have led me to believe that I'm claustrophobic, phonophobic, and technophobic.  When you combine that with your general dislike of people in general, I'm thinking that I may sell tickets to this.

Don't worry, Snopro.  You'll get a cut of the take. 

Or maybe you'll just get cut.

Before you go, though, I have a few things that I'd like for you to sign.

XOXO

[Snopro]

MRI...isn't that the one where they put you in a tube with the whirlygigs revolving about you at a rapid pace?  If that's the one, I'm not sure you're going to make it.  My experiences in the machine have led me to believe that I'm claustrophobic, phonophobic, and technophobic.  When you combine that with your general dislike of people in general, I'm thinking that I may sell tickets to this.

Don't worry, Snopro.  You'll get a cut of the take. 

Or maybe you'll just get cut.

Before you go, though, I have a few things that I'd like for you to sign.

XOXO

Been in one of those things before, so no problem for me! As for my dislike of people, I just have a problem with idiots! I put up with you and Adam don't I??

[3300]

ouch!

[Anomaly]

 

Been in one of those things before, so no problem for me! As for my dislike of people, I just have a problem with idiots! I put up with you and Adam don't I??

You must admit, he does... At lest to a degree. 

[Snopro]

Well, had a less then stellar visit to the mri machine!! They had to hook a strap to a thing to roll my shoulder up. That in turn dislocated my shoulder. Pain was terrible. But this happens every once in awhile while I sleep on it. I made them take me out before it was done. They needed one more picture/ scan and I got shoulder back in place and mounted up again. She said I was the first to get back in after getting out! Now we wait and see what they find!

[grub662]

Well, had a less then stellar visit to the mri machine!! They had to hook a strap to a thing to roll my shoulder up. That in turn dislocated my shoulder. Pain was terrible. But this happens every once in awhile while I sleep on it. I made them take me out before it was done. They needed one more picture/ scan and I got shoulder back in place and mounted up again. She said I was the first to get back in after getting out! Now we wait and see what they find!

My first time in a MRI machine I came out faster than I went in. The guy running it wasn't impressed at all. Dr rescheduled my appointment and gave me a couple of Valium. Next time was easy.

[Osage]

Well, had a less then stellar visit to the mri machine!! They had to hook a strap to a thing to roll my shoulder up. That in turn dislocated my shoulder. Pain was terrible. But this happens every once in awhile while I sleep on it. I made them take me out before it was done. They needed one more picture/ scan and I got shoulder back in place and mounted up again. She said I was the first to get back in after getting out! Now we wait and see what they find!

   Not to be the bearer of bad news,but you may have some serious shoulder problems.I feel your pain,laying in the Mir with my shoulder injuries had to be the most pain I've suffered through.My shoulder would fall out of socket if I layed down or leaned forward( a permenant loss of a rotor cuff will do that) I wish you the best.

[Snopro]

   Not to be the bearer of bad news,but you may have some serious shoulder problems.I feel your pain,laying in the Mir with my shoulder injuries had to be the most pain I've suffered through.My shoulder would fall out of socket if I layed down or leaned forward( a permenant loss of a rotor cuff will do that) I wish you the best.

Oh, your not the bearer of bad news! I know already that its screwed! Just waiting for the doctor to tell me.

[Anomaly]

Oh, your not the bearer of bad news! I know already that its screwed! Just waiting for the doctor to tell me.

Not to be the bearer or sarcasm and obtuse humor, but is that your bud light arm or Jiggin’ arm? 

Really though.... How’s your driving and loader operation gonna be? Can there be some kind of power assist added? I hope so! And I hope the pain level drops some or goes away. YOU are already ornery cuss enough! It doesn’t mean we don’t love ya though. 

[fishermantim]

The key is to get it checked as soon as possible, so that it something can be done the healing can begin sooner.
Having any kind of joint repair work done years after the injury is more work than you would expect.

Remember that the body will "try" to heal itself even if it's not correctly healed.
Tendons, ligaments, muscles and bone will try to adjust to the injury, which would require fixing along with the injury itself.

Hopefully it's not going to be as drastic as you might think.

Also, keep this in mind...human nature has us thinking of "worst-case scenarios" as a way to prepare for what will actually be. It's just our way of validating what is wrong and what, if anything, can be done to fix it.

Good luck!

[Snopro]

Not to be the bearer or sarcasm and obtuse humor, but is that your bud light arm or Jiggin’ arm? 

Really though.... How’s your driving and loader operation gonna be? Can there be some kind of power assist added? I hope so! And I hope the pain level drops some or goes away. YOU are already ornery cuss enough! It doesn’t mean we don’t love ya though. 

Pain is not bad today, Still waiting on doctor to look at MRI. Going to haul a couple loads of wood tomorrow. Hardest thing is climbing the ladder to get on loader. Kinda have to do it one handed.

[Mainah]

any updates?