Shoulder surgery...

[Valencia]

You wish

[husky srt]

Good luck Rob, hope all goes well for you. Just think of all the great pain killers that they are going to give you afterwards.

[HZSanFan]

I am getting shoulder surgery including ligament reconstruction today.

Laying in a hospital bed awaiting surgery is a bit of an anxious time so excuse my rant, but Im here alone and all I have is my computer to play with. Where else would I go but to Mysandman?

It sure helps to take my mind off what is going to happen soon.

Hope to be back on here tonight or tomorrow if the pain is ok or the drugs wear off......

Hi Rob,
Hope it all went well, I am having my rotor cuff and tendons done on Tuesday...Looks like my Sandman will come to a stop for a while, have they indicated how long they think you will be out of action for mate,
All the best with your recovery, hope it..and mine is speedy,
Cheers,
Kym

[Absinth]

All operations are a risk.... Last time I was in hospital they killed me!!!! Seriously, I died on the table, was clinically dead for 5 minutes, took them 4hrs to get me stable and I woke up in intensive care... Was a simple cartilage op on my left knee. Turned out I am severely allergic to anaesthetics.

Hope all goes well for you.

[Taily]

All operations are a risk.... Last time I was in hospital they killed me!!!! Seriously, I died on the table, was clinically dead for 5 minutes, took them 4hrs to get me stable and I woke up in intensive care... Was a simple cartilage op on my left knee. Turned out I am severely allergic to anaesthetics.

Hope all goes well for you.

Hellava way to find that out Abs! So what happens if you need some other operation, is there an alternate type of anesthetic they can use?

Good to hear that news Rob, touch wood there is complete pain free movement in your near future!

Ivan I still wonder what my folks thought of me when (recovering from a knee reconstruction in 1990 after coming off my roadbike in a big way) while lying in hospital doped to the gills on pethedine I was watching ceiling tiles detatch themselves and move
/swap positions with other ceiling tiles.... Seemed real to me at the time!

[Alien DNA]

Ivan I still wonder what my folks thought of me when (recovering from a knee reconstruction in 1990 after coming off my roadbike in a big way) while lying in hospital doped to the gills on pethedine I was watching ceiling tiles detatch themselves and move
/swap positions with other ceiling tiles.... Seemed real to me at the time!

Back in the day I used to pay good money for a buzz like that

[Absinth]

Far out Absinth....scary stuff!!

I must be the only bloke on the planet that doesn't like morphine. Last operation I ended up without pain killers as they made me feel even worse!!!!

Was all over by the time I found out.... Put the wind up the surgeons though, I was a fit, healthy 18yr old and had a massive heart attack 10 seconds after putting me under. I am one in four million, severely allergic to narcotics.... No morphine, pethedine etc for me.

Hellava way to find that out Abs! So what happens if you need some other operation, is there an alternate type of anesthetic they can use?

worse part was they didn't even fix my knee.... Had to go back in a week later, they used gas the second time around....


Good to hear all went well Rob, wishing you a speedy recovery.

[Alien DNA]

Was all over by the time I found out.... Put the wind up the surgeons though, I was a fit, healthy 18yr old and had a massive heart attack 10 seconds after putting me under. I am one in four million, severely allergic to narcotics.... No morphine, pethedine etc for me.

That's full on. Was there any damage to your ticker after that? Like Dave said, that's a hell of a way to find out.

If ever you're in Melbourne...I'll be sure to make you some herbal tea

[Valencia]

That's full on. Was there any damage to your ticker after that? Like Dave said, that's a hell of a way to find out.

If ever you're in Melbourne...I'll be sure to make you some herbal tea

That herbal tea wouldnt be green by any chance Ivan

[Big Rob]

Well, I lived through it all!!!!

Thanks everyone for your kind wishes and stories.

The operation went really well and I'm now looking forward to a long recovery period that should take 4 to 6 months in total.

I felt pretty good this morning when the doctor came to my room with a big smile on his face and just said "It's rock-solid now Rob". I've got some carbon/Kevlar twine (rope? string?) and a couple of titanium screws holding it all together and the X-Rays show my shoulder joint is now (after 14 months) back where it should be.

Pain isn't too bad considering the drugs I'm on.

Gotta stop typing... hand is going numb!

Thanks everyone.