A set-back

The day after my last blog, I was shopping in Wells, Maine and stepped off a curb and fell :-( Luckily, I landed on my good shoulder but gave the new shoulder quite a jolt. I really didn't think I had hurt it too badly, so when the ambulance arrived, I refused their help (stupid me!!) By the time I drove back to York, the shoulder was really hurting, so I went to the emergency room where they gave me a pain relief injection and x-rayed it and told me to see my doctor asap. My orthopedic doctor who is the doctor for the US Olympic ski-team has put me back on complete shoulder rest, sling and all.  Looking at the x-ray, he didn't see any structural damage, and thinks I may have dome something with the muscles of the rotator cuff. I go back in two weeks. I really feel badly for Sudie as she is once again my nurse, and driver. I haven't been able to work-out for nearly a month now, and the good news is that I have been able to maintain my pre-surgery weight. I am now cutting back on the heavy drugs and hope to be off them in a day or so.  I am nearly back to where I was, except for a few arm positions but even that pain is less.

Next weekend, Sudie is off to Vassar for her 50th reunion.  I will be spending the weekend with Joan. my sister in Framingham, MA.

Bionic Pete

It's been two weeks since I had my right shoulder totally replaced.  Yesterday I had the staples removed and got rid of the sling. Almost no pain now. My doc has cleared me to go back to my daily workout.  I have been able to maintain my 40 pound loss without the exercising, but now I can continue weight loss. A red letter day!!