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Sunday Apr 28, 2013 #
9 AM
Orienteering 48:00 [1] 1.5 mi (32:00 / mi)
Walking part of middle
12 PM
Orienteering 30:00 [1] 1.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
Walking part of sprint. Bringing camera.
Saturday Apr 27, 2013 #
Event: West Point A-meet
9 AM
Orienteering 1:12:00 [1] 1.0 mi (1:12:01 / mi)
Walking part of middle. Bringing camera.
2 PM
Orienteering 30:00 [1] 1.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
Walking part of sprint.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2013 #
Note
So I visited the surgeon today. The good news is that he knows what orienteering is since his grandfather used to do it in the old country (Denmark).
I only spoke with the doctors over the phone after the MRI so I totally misunderstood the different issues before, but now he could show it on the MRI. First of all he classified my fall a freak accident, as it seemed very unusual for it to create the damage it did. There is a 20mm (13/16 inch) chip out of the top of the shoulder head. He sounded very excited and impressed with it so I could tell this was quite unusual. The chip of bone itself is wedged into the bottom of the shoulder (remember the shoulder was dislocated to make this possible). The chip is one big piece wedged in there making it impossible to move the shoulder in proper ways. So obviously this has to come out as part of the surgery. There is also ligament at the front of the shoulder that needs to be repaired but that seems to be more standard fair damage.
I was also told that I am not feeling pain in my muscle that to me has been feeling like it has been severely torn. Before I almost punched him, he explained that it was similar to what people have commonly with the sciatic nerve. It is actually the lodged chip of bone creating the pain but because of how the nerves are distributed, it feels like it is the muscle. My brain is not able to tell the difference.
The goods news is that the surgery will be a little bit less invasive then originally thought but it is still a 2 hour surgery with me being totally out of commission for about a week including a nerve block of the arm for the first 24 hours post surgery.
Additional good news is that he predicts a high chance of me being fully restored. With this surgery, only about 20% dislocates again and that usually for people doing contact sports (football, wrestling, etc.) Estimates a recovery time of 4-5 months, so if everything goes well, then I should be back fit for fight by the fall season.
I only spoke with the doctors over the phone after the MRI so I totally misunderstood the different issues before, but now he could show it on the MRI. First of all he classified my fall a freak accident, as it seemed very unusual for it to create the damage it did. There is a 20mm (13/16 inch) chip out of the top of the shoulder head. He sounded very excited and impressed with it so I could tell this was quite unusual. The chip of bone itself is wedged into the bottom of the shoulder (remember the shoulder was dislocated to make this possible). The chip is one big piece wedged in there making it impossible to move the shoulder in proper ways. So obviously this has to come out as part of the surgery. There is also ligament at the front of the shoulder that needs to be repaired but that seems to be more standard fair damage.
I was also told that I am not feeling pain in my muscle that to me has been feeling like it has been severely torn. Before I almost punched him, he explained that it was similar to what people have commonly with the sciatic nerve. It is actually the lodged chip of bone creating the pain but because of how the nerves are distributed, it feels like it is the muscle. My brain is not able to tell the difference.
The goods news is that the surgery will be a little bit less invasive then originally thought but it is still a 2 hour surgery with me being totally out of commission for about a week including a nerve block of the arm for the first 24 hours post surgery.
Additional good news is that he predicts a high chance of me being fully restored. With this surgery, only about 20% dislocates again and that usually for people doing contact sports (football, wrestling, etc.) Estimates a recovery time of 4-5 months, so if everything goes well, then I should be back fit for fight by the fall season.