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Success stories: Reverse shoulder replacement surgery
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Hello! Had a reverse shoulder replacement in the begging of Dec. still having pain top of shoulder, hard to sleep and wake up hurting. Not sure whats going on.!Last year had my right shoulder replaced it went smooth was out of PT early! Pain under arm,raise lymph nodes, pain on top of shoulder, Take muscle relaxant to sleep try not to use very often. Any ideas on pain of left shoulder its been 6 months!!
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Hello to you @mom69. It is regretful that your left shoulder replacement is still giving you pain and interrupting your sleep. If nothing else, you know you need the sleep. Since you had your right shoulder replaced the year before, you certainly learned about ice machines and the necessity to use ice at least 3 or 4 times a day. I'm wondering, how do you sleep? Do you have a supportive wedge or another pillow that can support your shoulder better? Have you tried putting on a shirt or sweater without putting you arms into the sleeves.. Sometimes that seems to hold the shoulder closer to your body so it stays "out of trouble".
If you use a muscle relaxant is that for the muscles and tissue around the surgery? What about the bone material? Does that need some attention? I'm wondering if you have ever used either medical cannabis tincture or topical? My pain from orthopedic surgery (2 of those this year) and Small Fiber Neuropathy is controlled by medical cannabis. It takes a while to find the right products and dosages. Yet once you do....relief is just a few minutes away for most levels of pain.
May you be free of suffering the causes of sufferng.
Chris