Marianna
Dedicated Member
I'm scheduled to have my bone-on-bone arthritic left shoulder joint replaced on May 28th. Barring the unexpected, I should be back home on the 29th, but might be incommunicado for a while after that, depending on how uncomfortable typing is. In addition, I'll be having frequent physical therapy, first with the therapist moving the joint for me to restore range of motion, then with me putting some muscle into it to rebuild strength. When that second phase starts, I'll be assigned quite a lot of homework in addition to the time spent at appointments.
Before the joint got so bad, I scheduled a trip starting on October 12th to the Yorkshire Dales, Holmfirth, Manchester and the Southern Lakes District. If I couldn't have gotten an almost immediate surgery date, there wouldn't have been enough time for healing and sufficient rehab, and I would have had to cancel the trip. Anyway, the sooner the surgery is over, the sooner I can relax about it. I've known that it was in my future for quite a while, so it will be good to have it off my mind.
Between now and the 28th, I'll be kind of occupied with the meet & greet appointment with the surgeon, who practices at a hospital 40 miles away from my home, and with at least three hours of pre-op testing at the same hospital. That's a lot of time on the road as well as at the hospital. I'll need to do some cooking, as well, to fill the freezer with ready-meals. Bottom line, don't be thinking that I've abandoned y'all if I go quieter than usual.
Before the joint got so bad, I scheduled a trip starting on October 12th to the Yorkshire Dales, Holmfirth, Manchester and the Southern Lakes District. If I couldn't have gotten an almost immediate surgery date, there wouldn't have been enough time for healing and sufficient rehab, and I would have had to cancel the trip. Anyway, the sooner the surgery is over, the sooner I can relax about it. I've known that it was in my future for quite a while, so it will be good to have it off my mind.
Between now and the 28th, I'll be kind of occupied with the meet & greet appointment with the surgeon, who practices at a hospital 40 miles away from my home, and with at least three hours of pre-op testing at the same hospital. That's a lot of time on the road as well as at the hospital. I'll need to do some cooking, as well, to fill the freezer with ready-meals. Bottom line, don't be thinking that I've abandoned y'all if I go quieter than usual.