My Second Post Op Visit

I had my second post op visit scheduled for February 25th, post-op day (POD) 26. It was a pretty quick visit but went well.

Once we got in the office Dr. Hershon came in & asked how long it had been. I told him it was 26 days. He looked at my immobilizer, said "Take that thing off." and walked out of the office. I took it off and when he came back in he showed me how to do pendulum exercises and standing assistive shoulder flexion, told me to do them both a few times a day an come back to see him in a week. He said that maybe then I could start PT.

         

Pendulum exercise (l.) and shoulder flexion (r.)

When I asked if I could go back to work, he asked what I did and I told him. "Yeah, go back." he grumbled at me. He also said it was ok for me to drive if I could do it with one hand. When I told him I drove a stick shift he just chuckled and shrugged and said "Well, maybe not."

I asked about being the shoulder immobilizer and I was told to still keep it om 24/7. I was hoping to get out of it, at least a little bit, but I still had another week in it.