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Originally Posted by john70t
Mom went through all three. My understanding:
-With the hip they send you home with drugs the same day or next. No problem. Easy peasy. Wild.
-Knees takes a bit longer but there are still big bones to attach into. They can lengthen/shorten so that balance actually improves afterwards.
-Shoulders take many weeks+ to recover and big tendons may be cut and have to heal back together. Bone density can be a problem there. She got a reverse ball-cup socket.
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Shoulders are tricky. Reverse is done when there is not much of a socket left. Me:
Yeah, there are tendons that wrap all the way to the sternum. 30 days before active PT but the last time I was doing inactive PT(move arm by other means rather than that arm's muscles) within 48 hours. 2 weeks of regular PT and at a follow up appt with the surgeon he tested my strength.
He said, "You don't need anymore PT." 20 lb. lifetime limit — go home and live normal. (But be careful tugging and pushing at your very back as that is the most likely way to dislocate. I don't tuck my shirts in anyway.) 2 months and I didn't even know it happened. Surgeon did his fellowship at Mayo. Don't settle for less.