Surgery or a Cold

 

I had rotator cuff surgery on August 14, 2012.

I had a 100% tear in a muscle, and a 100% tear

in a tendon. Repair consisted of going in and cleaning

up all the trash and and worn areas, grinding of the spur

that had caused the tears, sew up the two tears, anchors

installed in the bone to attach the muscle and tendon

back to the bone. According to my doc's office, what

I had done was equal to a total knee replacement.  

 

 

 

Physical Therapy was to last from 4 to 6 months.

I breezed through major surgery, I breezed through

recovery and I was out of PT in 3 monhts.

Amazing.

 

The hardest part of it all was being limited

to this sling for 4 weeks.

 

 

And having to sleep here for 4 to 5 weeks.

 

 

But even 3 months of this was not bad.

 

(PT)

 

I was released to go back to work at 6 weeks with 

the limit of only working 4 hours a day and not lifting over

2 lbs.

 

Two weeks of that and I am released to go to work

full time, limit 5 lbs.

 

November 6th, I was released from PT and

on the 9th from the doc's care.

 

But on November 7th, I woke with a scratchy throat, and

I was leaving that morning for a conference that was

2.5 hours away. After the drive, lunch, sitting in the conference

1/2 a day, dinner and sometime with co workers I was

able to settle down in my room with a really good

sore throat. With luck I was able to find some sudafed

in my purse, enough for that night, and the next

morning.

 

Next day, 1/2 day conference, lunch and drive home

the throat felt better but I had a major headache.

 

Come Saturday I was sick, coughing, headache,

ears stopped up, chest tight and hard to breath.

 

I went to Krogers Little Clinic to be told I had

an upper respiratory infection.

 

I was put on a 6 day round of predisone.

I just knew all was well after that..

 

LOL

 

I stayed in Saturday, Sunday and since Monday

was a holiday, I stayed in then also in hopes

that I was giving the predisone time to do its

thing before I headed out on Tuesday to the

mountains for another conference.

 

Tuesday morning, I was off.....and not

feeling much better. I was in the Mts. Tuesday,

Wed., and after a short meeting I was on my

way home on Thursday, which was my last morning

to take predisone.

 

Friday I woke and felt like CRAP. I stayed home.

Saturday I kept thinking that predisone stayed

in the body and continued to work after you

finished it.....but no such luck.

 

Sunday morning, I went back to the Clinic.

And only I can go from an upper resp. infection

to a full blown sinus and ear infection.

Antibiotic this time.

 

Monday, 3am, I woke with a terrible pain in my mid

back and having a hard time to breath.

I went to see my doctors office.

 

After taking all the vitals, chest x-ray and talking

with the doc we realized that it was not now

an issue with the lungs it was an issue with

acid. Yes, the predisone caused the acid in

my stomach to kick up and that in turn burned

the opening at my stomach and esophagus. That

is why I was having trouble breathing.

 

 

Now I am on meds for 10 days to heal that!

 

Now, let me point out.....I recovered from major

surgery in record time with no issues....

but I have to go through all this because of a

COLD!

 

Thanks for stopping in,

Pam