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Not My First Rodeo

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On November 19th, I got my second shoulder surgery. This time, it was on my right shoulder (the other one). When I was in the final stage of rehab for my left shoulder, I was dealing with more noise and pain on my right shoulder. I noticed it more with overhead and pushing movements, so Dr. Nagda recommended a MRI. The MRI showed that I could possibly have some labrum issues, a full-thickness tear of the supraspinatus, a hooked acromion, and a surface tear on another rotator cuff. The torn suprasinatus looked like it had retracted back to the AC joint. This was bad, so Dr. Nagda got me into surgery before Thanksgiving. Recovery Weeks 1-2 Today marks two weeks post-surgery! Surgery was great. I went to a surgical center instead of a hospital. The staff was great. Getting my IV in was a bit of a task (small hand veins), but the (anesthesiologist) doctor came out herself and did it in seconds. I remember being wheeled back to surgery, and I woke up like 3.5 hours later. Dave came to pick