Reverse Shoulder surgery

I had both shoulders done and didn’t experience these symptoms, you should see your doctor immediately to be on the safe side.
Good luck.

I too have had a reverse shoulder replacement. I didn’t experience neither one of these symptoms. As suggested, I would recommend informing your surgeon as soon as possible in case an infection is developing.

@erluke65 - The advice to call the surgeon is a goos one - redness and swelling are often signs of infection.

However, I am curious about why you stopped icing? It is the best and cheapest way to control swelling and increase comfort. I am 12 weeks out from complex rotator cuff repair, and iced multiple times a day for the first 8 weeks. I still ice after my PT exercises and whenever it aches. You could try this while you wait to hear from the doctor. The tingling may be due to swelling impinging on some nerves.

As for the bruise on your abdomen, I also had a bad fall in December that didn't affect my shoulder but caused a very large and deep hematoma on my hip. As that deep hematoma is dispersing, at first, there was massive bruising in the area, but now as it is nearly gone I have bruises appearing on my leg over 10" away - they are the remains of the blood leaking away.

Will you let us know what you learn from the doctor?

Thanks for your comments. I stopped icing because I had no pain and no swelling. That was a mistake and the doctor told me to ice three times a day at a minimum. If pain or swelling, increase icing to 5 times a day.

The redness that I saw was actually the iodine used to wash me. Since I wear long sleeve button down shirts I did not notice the redness until I took a shower.
The bruise on my stomach (most likely) caused by a the way I wore a seatbelt. I wear the seatbelt under my left arm, so both straps cross my stomach. The doctor told me to stop the baby aspirin and Tylenol, since both are blood thinners. If pain starts I will take a couple for pain, but not the dosage prescribed when I left the surgery center.
Again thanks for your quick responses.

I had a reverse shoulder replacement 10/20/25. I did the exercises explained to me when I left the hospital. At my first post op appointment, I only saw the athletic trainer who told me to continue with the same gentle exercises. I asked about a lump (popeye appearance) on my bicep. She explained that this was normal and was probably swelling and a hematoma. At my second post op apptointment a nurse removed my staples and I did see my surgeon, but it was very short, like he was pressed for time. I asked him to look at the lump on my arm. His response was that it was a detached bicep and hematoma and that it might get a little better. Now, I'm no doctor/surgeon so I had no idea that my bicep would be cut to preform the shoulder surgery, nor was this ever explained to me that this was a possibility. He also acted like I should have been moving my arm all over the place however, no one told me to do anything different from the exercises I was told to do when I left the hospital. I was so upset. I researched about the bicep and am wondering if it's possible to reattach the bicep. I messaged my surgeon through my portal asking about this saying I didn'twant to have a lump on my arm for life. His response was astounding. He claimed that he explained this in depth to me and that he saw evidence that I was not moving my arm like I should be and long story short , he doesn't reattach the bicep, it's not necessary for proper shoulder movement and would hav negative results for the shoulder and that I should be more concerned with moving my shoulder than the cosmetic look of my arm. My heart sank. I was not aware that I would have to choose between the two. I felt like his response was nothing more than covering his backside. I have now increased my home PT to four to five times a day. I guess I'm wondering if it is possible to reattach the bicep and am looking for advise as to what I should do next, second opinion, accept that I need to adjust to having a lump on my arm. Any advise would be greatly appreciated as I feel defeated. Thank you.

I had both shoulders done 10 years ago ( reverse).
I am still happy today,, they function great.
I t was a lot of exercises but so worth it.
Having a lump after surgery, in my opinion, is not acceptable.
I am soon having my 4. Replacement and out of my experience, all I can say is, when something goes wrong, doctors are very quick in replying, it’s the patient’s fault, never there’s.
I am hoping you get lucky with a second opinion, praying for you, that you find help.

Thank you so much for your well wishes and prayers. I do hope that in the end I have the wonderful success that you have had as I do still need to have my right shoulder replaced as well. I guess I just don't understand why I'm dealing with this bicep issue and others have no problems at all. If it's possible to reattach for some, why wouldn't you do that for everyone and remove the risk of a bump forming? It's just been very disheartening considering I was not told this would be done and that this could be a possibility. Again, thank you for responding and I'm so happy that you have had great success. God bless.