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Say no to reverse shoulder replacement
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@randyreg
Thank you for that perspective. My TSR on the right was very much like that; I would've crawled in the door at the time it was done. But I did spend time avoiding it , I was 54 and getting warnings of you'll end up with a RSR. I was 71 a year and half ago and pulled the trigger. The pain has taken different forms put has never ceased. I have just started to be able to write with my right had, cannot do things above shoulder level (putting coffe cup in microwave), cannot do things that require dexterity ( type at tthe computer, text message, cut up peppers, cut my dogs toenails). I have work to do on the house; i need to invest in lighter drill and saws ( hopefully I'll be able to cut straight). I volunteered tofix a neighbors lamp and ended up destroying it. Anything I do thar requires my elbow being anywhere around 90degrees risks what I guess is my new right shoulder dislocating. Sometimes that's holding a cup of coffee or a magazine.
I'd love for there to be some PT that helps with any of that, especially getting some manual functionality or strentgh. I havent heard anything from my surgeon or PT since I graduated the 4 wks of presribed PT. From what I'm reading here, I must have spaced out when they talked about weigh limitations.
I've had 2 hips and now two R shoulders done. It was never about pain, for me it's being functional. When I'm hiking or walking I have no pain.
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@reversed
While I listed a number of things I found disappointing about the RSR effects on many functional things that make my R my dominate hand by adding a lot of clumsiness, occasionally I see improvemnts. I was unable to pull up my zipper with R hand for almost 1 1/2 years, it looks awkward but I am able to do that now.
The socket in my TSR was being scraped away because it was loose. The surgeon showed me an xray that had lots flakes in my shoulder capsule that had to be cleaned up for RSR. I was surprised that my pain from that wasn't worse. That was due to bone loss behind the glenoid socket-I could've had worse destruction with continued use. So I do have gratitude for the motion I do have restored.