Re: Walking Barometers - Shoulder Replacements

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Doris

I sure do feel that prothesis when I have been standing all day! My

revised stem - June 2004 - is longer than most too! The 7 year old

THR rarely bothers me.

Anyhow, I also have both shoulders replaced. They are great. Two

reasons, I did PT BEFORE surgery and I had a very experienced

surgeon. You don't get back what you don't have after TSR. If you

can not move much now, you won't get much better after. So that is

why PT is so important before surgery. Practice makes perfect with

the OS doing the TSR. They say they only last about 10 years before

they loosen. I had mine done in 2000 and 2001. I was bone on bone

also and I would have them replaced all over again. No pain. They

feel so great that I injured my right rotator cuff and we have to

keep an eye on that one!

Good luck.

Sue

>

> Hi guys,

>

> A few weeks ago I wrote and asked if anyone had problems with some

> pain in your thighs following your THR. Well I did go to the Dr.

> last week for my annual check-up and asked him about it. And he

> said yes that some people do feel this, it is normal. Afterall we

> have a foreign body embedded into our bones. He said that more

than

> likely we feel it when the barometric pressure changes, (when the

> weather is changing). So Guys, we have become walking

> barometers !!!! Everything else was fine in the hip area. Now my

> shoulders are rubbing bone on bone. GREAT !!! And they are trying

> to ban Celebrex !!! Has anyone out there had shoulder replacement?

> My Dr. wasn't very encouraging. He said the hip replacement was a

> piece of cake compared to the shoulder replacement. Is he right?

>

> Doris Provost

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Thanks Sue for the incouragement. I have been doing water aerobics

for 6 months now, which has helped tremendously. I did do some

therapy before I started the W.A. but it didn't help as much as the

W.A. Last week the Dr. gave me a shot of cortisone and it feel

wonderful. I plan to put off the shoulder surgery as long as I can

and just keep up with the exercise. Where are you from? Where did

you have your shoulder surgery?

Doris

> >

> > Hi guys,

> >

> > A few weeks ago I wrote and asked if anyone had problems with

some

> > pain in your thighs following your THR. Well I did go to the

Dr.

> > last week for my annual check-up and asked him about it. And he

> > said yes that some people do feel this, it is normal. Afterall

we

> > have a foreign body embedded into our bones. He said that more

> than

> > likely we feel it when the barometric pressure changes, (when

the

> > weather is changing). So Guys, we have become walking

> > barometers !!!! Everything else was fine in the hip area. Now

my

> > shoulders are rubbing bone on bone. GREAT !!! And they are

trying

> > to ban Celebrex !!! Has anyone out there had shoulder

replacement?

> > My Dr. wasn't very encouraging. He said the hip replacement was

a

> > piece of cake compared to the shoulder replacement. Is he right?

> >

> > Doris Provost