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10 Months after shoulder surgery and I am worse

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Steadygaze
Steadygaze

Hi all on Jan 31, 2017 I had a shoulder decompression and they shaved Bursa too. I had five months PT and my shoulder never healed and has gotten worse. I have real bad burning and ache in my right shoulder. My doc did an MRI three months ago and it showed the shoulder is inflamed and swollen but yet he is not sure why. So he is sending me to  UCSF for a second opinion on Monday. I have been in bad shape it is so debilitating. The other day I tried to open a lid off of a jar and all of a sudden it was like a sharp pain went straight down my arm and I felt like I ripped or torn something in my shoulder. I have been in even worse severe pain since. It is just crazy! A person should be able to open a lid on a jar without snapping something. So up all night in so much pain. The surgery should have fixed my problem but it did not. Has anyone gone through this kind of thing? I am so discouraged.

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  • Hems06
    Hems06 Steadygaze

    Posted

    Oh I feel so sorry for you. I have the same problem as I also had a tendon repaired Jan 23 beginning of this year. It was going okay until 4 months post op then I got diagnosed with frozen shoulder. I decided to see another specialist and he ordered an X-ray which showed Acromion type2 and advised me to have Crotisone and stop PT. I stoped everything and saw him after 3 months on October (obviously nothing had improved at all) I had an MRI which shows Adhusive capsulities. Joint is is thickened and bone spur in the joint. However, the repairs is okay, meaning the tendon is intact ( at least by the looks of MRI) 

    . I am expecting to have second surgery done next month. Yeah, it’s been 10 months since I am out of everything , work and sports. I am a full time chef and if I can get back to work or not is the biggest concern for me sad. Life has been hell. 

     Wish you a speedy recovery !!! 

    • Steadygaze
      Steadygaze Hems06

      Posted

      Thanks so sorry to hear this. Yes I had arthritis and no cartilage in the clavicle joint so it was bone on bone.They took bone out and shaved it and then shaved the bursa. It was supposed to take care of everything. It did not. They said they did not see a tear in the rotator cuff I am telling you I think there was a small tear and by turning a lid on a jar made it much worse. Man this is the worst kind of pain to live with. I hope your surgery is successful..Please keep me posted. 
    • droopyshoulder
      droopyshoulder Steadygaze

      Posted

      You might have to be more specific about where the pain is coming from.  Sounds like you had AC impingement because the articular disk degenerated, often from age.  Had the same surgery for an AC separation and it took me years to recover from just the surgery, and it didn't help with my primary symptoms either.

  • Steadygaze
    Steadygaze

    Posted

    The pain is coming from the joint itself.It shoots down my arm and it is hell. The worst pain ever! 
    • droopyshoulder
      droopyshoulder Steadygaze

      Posted

      Okay, I am going to assume you mean the AC joint: http://www.leadingmd.com/virtual/education/assets/normal_acjoint.gif.  If that be the case and you had a distal clavicle excision, the pain is coming from the clavicle itself and will take months to subside.  Your doctor effectively shaved away a good chunk of otherwise perfectly healthy bone that was a part of your anatomy, so it is going to hurt a lot.  The pain shooting down your arm should get better than it is now within the first year but might take years to fully subside as scar tissue forms on the end of the clavicle.  The distal ends of bones tend to have cancellous bone that release a lot of blood for blood formation and tend to bleed a lot when the bone is damaged.  I've had this surgery, and I am assuming all this for you based on my own experience and research.

      Your subacromial joint will most likely continue to be a problem.  But these are all things to consult with your doctor who doesn't have time to fully explain things to you or anyone really.  So it is very good that you are doing your own research.  

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