The movement, now that the restriction of the hook plate is gone, is wonderful. It is pain free and whilst is not yet at the same level of movement as before, it is greatly improved. It has also gotten better over the past 7 days and I will continue to work on it to improve it further as time progresses! I can nearly touch the ceiling again and that pesky blown light bulb’s days are numbered!!
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| Pre-op fashions |
The operation went well (and really very quickly
according to the experts). The surgeon confirmed to me that he was happy with
what he saw and that all went well.
“Funny” side
note…while I was lying on the operating table the team were talking around me.
The surgeon quips “This shouldn’t take long” and one of the others says
“Thanks…famous last words!” To which he replies…”Well it shouldn’t assuming we
don’t break a screw!” At which point I pointed out that I was still awake and
could hear all of this and my heart rate would be showing the same….ha ha
ha….the laughs we had!! *Sigh *
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| Post op....clue bandage and generous helping of antiseptic...oh and arrow! |
Once out of hospital and able to assess the return to
service from the shoulder I decided to seek the help of my awesome physio. I
wanted to talk to them about range of motion exercises and such in order to get
my full mobility back to normal as soon as possible. First up though was some physical
torture soft tissue release work. Needless to say I was given a through
working over!
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| Bruising post physio...no I don't shave my chest... maintain that I am just more evolved than other hairy apes :) |
I was also able to purchase a simple pulley system that
clips to the top of a door and allows you to stretch the afflicted limb with
the use of the good one. My wife finds it most hilarious and keeps quoting the
line “You gotta door, you gotta gym!” at me! Again…ha ha ha ha….*Sigh*
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| Modesty of innocent protected with dressing gown. |
I haven’t been for a run yet this week but am planning on
one tomorrow morning. A gentle 7k to get my butt out of the door and back into
some kind of activity on the road. Back on the old wagon! Just to prove it I
have signed up for my choice home race of the season…the Perth City to Surf
Half Marathon. August 31st here I come!
I am pleased to admit that I braved my first foray in the
pool for 4 months yesterday. We were at the local leisure centre with the
youngest and I decided to try a few tentative laps in the 25m pool. Started
with breast stroke and once those didn’t feel too bad I moved on to some
freestyle. It wasn’t pretty or fast but it was swimming and I felt pretty good
afterwards. Woo hoo….progress baby!
Even more good news is that the Telstra Series of Tris
has opened for entry…the limitation is that the entry fee for all 5 races (yup
that’s the plan!) is lots of $$$ so I will have to wait till next payday before
I sign up to that one. Second side note…I
think I need to start a race fund savings account and put aside a little cash
each month towards the entries. It seems I have an awesome ability of picking
the sport with decent entry fees and need to lessen the blow to the family
budget a little.
I think I will dust off the bike and give the wheels a
little spin the weekend when my wife is not watching. Nothing dramatic, just a
few kms to get the feel for it again. I know, not too much too soon but
honestly I will not be pushing it…the intention here is to simply get some
feeling back for the beast!
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| Just to end off...my awesome little 2 year old on his birthday yesterday giving me a little extra post op service with his new drill!!! |
Thanks for reading and happy trails!
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