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Originally posted by architect:
When I saw the thread title I asked myself, "what, they swap the left and right so your arms extend backwards?"

What makes the surgery "reverse?"

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Originally posted by MelissaDallas:

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Originally posted by grumpy1:

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Originally posted by MelissaDallas:
My 82 year old unsteady mother is having this done Thursday and I can’t tell you how much I dread it. I think she is vastly underestimating how hard this will be. We’re just really hoping that rather than sending her home next day that she demonstrates she can’t get up and down or around safely and they send her to a rehab hospital for a while. She already told the doctor that she doesn’t like opioid meds but would take Tramadol, which may be inadequate. Doctor talks to her like she is a healthy 30 year old male…

OMG Melissa. I sure hope you can talk sense into her about going to a rehab hospital as it will be the best for everyone and reduce the risk of infection. I don't like opioids either but often there just are no other options. In 2021 I went to the ER with extreme abdominal pain and they ended up giving me fentanyl because morphine did not help much. Later the next day after being admitted I found out I had pancreatitis and had my gall bladder removed but was in the hospital for a week due to the pancreatitis to make sure it was under control.

She doesn’t object to going - it is convincing the doctor. I told him she is really unstable on her feet. He seems to think she’ll be fine with her walker. I can just see us getting her home and not being able to get her up and down safely. The problem with pain meds is that it makes her even more unstable walking.

A PLANNED rehab stay after surgery is appropriate here. You simply cannot use a walker after this surgery and honestly tramadol is likely not going to cut it for pain control in the first few days. Day one people feel great because we typically do a nerve block and the entire arm is numb for 24-48 hours. When that wears off ( and it is sudden) pain is severe for a couple days.

There is a lot of pressure on us in Ortho to not keep people in the hospital or send them to rehab, but in this case it makes complete sense

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Originally posted by architect:
When I saw the thread title I asked myself, "what, they swap the left and right so your arms extend backwards?"

What makes the surgery "reverse?"

Same here. My first thought was "What, they're going to take out the replacement shoulder and put the original one back in?"

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I had mine (rt shlder) about 3 months ago, and would be able to shoot anything now.
I still get a sharp pain if I move my arm at a certain angle, like turning the steering wheel, quickly, but my arm is probably 90+ percent good.

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