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77 years old -- unable to rise from chair for the last 15 years.

Posted by auntnanny @auntnanny, Jun 28, 2018

Not really from pain -- perhaps just weakness but it's hard to think that. I'm 5'7" and weigh 158 pounds which isn't just obese ---- I've been to therapy for elders and can push with legs 100 repetitions of 85 pounds in about 6 minutes. Why won't my legs bring me up? Could it be my back? I've been to many orthos and no one can figure it out. Has anyone experienced such a thing?

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jul 1, 2018

@jakedduck1 That is unfortunate. Are there other therapies that might help you? Teresa

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auntnanny | @auntnanny | Jul 1, 2018
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@johnbishop Well it seems I’m getting the reputation of being the ”Fly in the Ointment” on..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@johnbishop
Well it seems I’m getting the reputation of being the ”Fly in the Ointment” on this site. However there are always positives and negatives to all situations and surgery, unfortunately isn’t always the cure all doctors and people want it to be. When I had my first two shoulder stabilization surgeries I had high hopes for a successful outcome but it wasn’t to be. My third was far from a cure either. Doctors have already informed me my replacement surgeries would be difficult and wouldn’t be as successful as in people without the additional damage that I have. The shoulder is made up of four joints, all of mine are damaged.

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jakeduck1 Thank you for your note. You are saying what various orthopedics have told me. The damage is so bad that it would be a difficult surgery and a longer recuperation...… then a year's wait to do the second one. However, all that knowledge doesn't keep one from wanting to hear something better, does it? I have not gone to Mayo's with the problem and that's the only thing I can think of that could be better. Anyone on here -- in old age -- have both shoulders replaced at Mayo's????

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jul 1, 2018

@auntnanny
Your right auntie, you do want to hear something better but I’m resigned that it will never be. I was referred to the Hospital for Special Surgeries in New York City. It was rated the number one orthopedic hospital in the US at that time. The doctor there eventually decided not to accept me as a patient. He felt I might have another seizure and dislocate it and would require additional surgery to repair it.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jul 1, 2018
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@johnbishop Well it seems I’m getting the reputation of being the ”Fly in the Ointment” on..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@johnbishop
Well it seems I’m getting the reputation of being the ”Fly in the Ointment” on this site. However there are always positives and negatives to all situations and surgery, unfortunately isn’t always the cure all doctors and people want it to be. When I had my first two shoulder stabilization surgeries I had high hopes for a successful outcome but it wasn’t to be. My third was far from a cure either. Doctors have already informed me my replacement surgeries would be difficult and wouldn’t be as successful as in people without the additional damage that I have. The shoulder is made up of four joints, all of mine are damaged.

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@jakedduck1 - Thank you for sharing. The more input the better. No fly in the Ointment here scenario here since we know all of us are different ☺

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