Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Didn't break my shoulder

I broke my arm instead, at the joint of the shoulder :). In official sounding medical terms, I have a "right proximal humerus fracture, avulsion greater tuberosity fragment". Unfortunately, this means surgery to put the bone fragment back where it belongs, and rejigger (yes, that's a technical term :) ) the muscles of the rotator cuff. I'll never have full range of motion in my right arm again, but most of it will return.

Surgery next Tuesday, which is outpatient. No idea when I can be back online after that - hopefully no more than a few days. After that comes physical therapy in order to regain range of motion. I'm doing exercises now to keep the muscles loose, too.

3 comments:

Máirín said...

Oh my goodness! :( I hope things get better soon. You were really brave to travel in all that pain :(

Kushal Das said...

get well soon. I had almost similar kind of accident last year and still paying for that. Be careful about your body.

Michael said...

Ouch man! OUCH! Hope everything goes well. Let us know if we can help with anything.