@jdm02 you hit the nail on the head when you question symptom etiology. “Normal” aging vs MGUS symptom. Diabetes vs MGUS. Who knows?
Yes, others have spoken about their numbers increasing after surgery. I am not medically trained, but I subscribe to the notion that the body/mind experience surgery -related trauma. It plays havoc with our overall health. I know that anxiety alone makes me feel ill. Sometimes it even raises my white count as my body rallies against perceived illness. Before I understood MGUS, all I heard was the risk of MGUS progressing. The low risk of progressing didn’t register. I felt so sick.
Four years later I am stronger and better prepared emotionally to weather the storms.
I suffered a fall post-surgery and have been focused on my tears in my glutes. I know I did something to my rotator cuff as well but need to get used to my new normal as far as walking goes. Then I’ll get them to look at my arm. It hurts sometimes but I can’t imagine trying to work with a serious rotator cuff injury. Yikes! Yes, you need to be fixed.
Let me know how this goes for you. Fingers crossed that your numbers won’t increase, but keep in mind that they do sometimes fluctuate for no apparent reason.