Out for drydock and special survey
Last year I really started getting back on track, and the motivation and training was top notch. Then the shoulder really started to bug me. I’ve had problems on and off but they’ve never found anything on the MRI, so they haven’t thought there’s been anything there. Well I knew something was going on and finally found a surgeon that wanted to look further into it. In Jan I had a subacromial decompression and distal clavicle excision. Didn’t think the downtime would be too bad, maybe 4 weeks or so before starting back up again. Things got progressively worse after that, and in April had another MRI which showed a large full thickness tear of both supraspinatus and infraspinatus. New surgery in May to fix this. Another 8 weeks in sling and only passive ROM. Things were good for awhile, and I had no problems with the passive ROM’s and managed to get full range of motion back quite quickly. Still things weren’t good, and I’ve started having pains again, and not being able to do certain movements. Back to doc again who gave another cortisone injection hoping it was just an inflamation of the join. Not so lucky. Had another MRI on Thursday and news weren’t so good. A large re-tear of the infraspinatus. Going to doc on Monday to see what the prognosis is. Needless to say my progress in the gym just haven’t been there. Hell, I haven’t had a real work-out since January. But there’s things to be learnt from all this, and at the end of it all I will come out having learnt a lesson or two hopefully, and can start back pretty much full blast again.
