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Road to Recovery
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Okay, here it is August and I am on my road to recovery from my right shoulder rotator cuff injury from over a year ago. Actually, my first rotator cuff injury that I can remember is from May of 2020 during our Covid days. That is a story for another day.
You often hear complaints about the health system and the waiting period / time to have surgery. This is perhaps true but overall, I really can’t complain. My injury would have been diagnosed the beginning of August 2023. During that time, I initially did physiotherapy until September when I had another unfortunate incident and tore my rotator cuff another 10mm according to the ultrasound. At this time my physiotherapist told me I would have to wait to see my surgeon and see about having surgery.
In January of 2024 I saw my orthopedic surgeon who was going to do my surgery if I wanted it. By this time, I could use my shoulder to a certain degree and was uncertain whether I wanted to go through the pain of recovering from the surgery. No pain no gain. My husband strongly suggested that I get the surgery as he knew there were certain tasks / jobs in my life that I was unable to do. And I definitely felt I was too young to not be able to enjoy or participate in snowmobile, pickleball, golf, and the various undertakings that I still take pleasure in such as baking, gardening etc.