tendon/muscle transfer at mayo
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AngelaW
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- Joined: Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:03 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: X
tendon/muscle transfer at mayo
I had surgery this wednesday to try and fix my shouldar (permanantly dislocated from the bp injury) without fusing it together. Dr.Elhassan was really excited with the immediate post-op results. He took tendons from the tendon bank and transferred 6 muscles from my back to my shouldar. I will also have to wear this huge yet hilarious brace for about 6wks.
It's such a relief painwise to have my shouldar in the right position. The only negative so far is that the surgery took 8hrs where
I was positioned on my left side. This caused my left lower leg to go numb and weak. It's an eerie feeling to have as it feels like a temporary bp injury only it's in your leg. The Dr.said it could take up too a week to recover that feeling and so far I'm almost at day four with only a little improvement. Unfortunately this temporary condition combined with other factors make it impossible for me to walk. I'm getting impatient as as soon as I have enough feeling in my left leg to be able to walk, I'm basically cleared to go home.
It's such a relief painwise to have my shouldar in the right position. The only negative so far is that the surgery took 8hrs where
I was positioned on my left side. This caused my left lower leg to go numb and weak. It's an eerie feeling to have as it feels like a temporary bp injury only it's in your leg. The Dr.said it could take up too a week to recover that feeling and so far I'm almost at day four with only a little improvement. Unfortunately this temporary condition combined with other factors make it impossible for me to walk. I'm getting impatient as as soon as I have enough feeling in my left leg to be able to walk, I'm basically cleared to go home.
