Another shoulder surgery.
Right shoulder started acting up last fall. 20 years ago I had a chronic dislocation fixed. the procedure, a bristow, was the gold standard at the time. They cut some bones, move some ligaments and use a screw to hold it all together.
The original surgeon was very busy so I went to another. This guy was clueless, staff had never seen a bristow! He shot some hydrocortizone in it and sent me on my way. That didn't last long and I got in to see the original surgeon.
He is a great guy and when he got the report from the other doc he said, we're gonna here from Scott again. He joked that most of the other folks weren't even born when I had the orginal surgery done, man did that make me feel old
Well to make a long story longer. He saw me, got an mri, couldn't see jack cause of the screw and put me in the surgery schedule for the next day.
Two torn ligaments, back side of the shoulder socket blown out, bone chip in the joint AND the screw was bent! The surgery was all pretty basic except for the screw. The head stripped out and he had to open the whole thing up and use a pair of pliers to remove the screw (of course that required a "screw removal kit" for which the hospital gets about a 1000$ AND I didn't get to keep the pliers!)
Ever tried to remove a bent screw from a piece of wood? Imagine having to reach thru your chest all the way to the inside of your shoulder blade and grab the darn thing. Oh well. I am 5 weeks out and doing good, loose the sling next week and begin PT. In 5 more weeks I will be allowed to go out and play. Somedays gettin old stinks ;-)