Well, the day finally came! I got to the out patient surgery center at 11:15am. Did a few minutes of paperwork and then 10 minutes later, they took me back to prep for the surgery. I got changed into the sexy gown they gave me (note: at least for guys, if you wear 100% cotton under ware, they will let you keep them on during the surgery). They put in an IV, gave me the first dose of "happy juice" through the IV. Then came the second round of happy juice.
Shortly after that, I was pretty much out of it. I do remember the anesthesiologist turning my head and someone else inserting a long needle into my neck, ahhh the shoulder block. It felt like I was in an episode of "Alias" and I was being held by SD-6 and they were going to make me talk. Kind of felt the needle, but it was not horrible at all as I was pretty much out of it.
I woke up from surgery with the sling on my arm and a nice nurse asking me if I wanted something to drink.
My shoulder and arm were numb from the nerve block. My shoulder felt like your mouth does when the dentist numbs your mouth with Novocaine.
The doctor had seen my wife after the surgery, which lasted about 2 hours and showed her a bunch of photos from the surgery, he said it went well and my shoulder was damaged how he thought it was based upon the xrays and MRI. My wife came to see me and an hour or so later, I was on my way home. So I got there at 11:15am and was in the car at 3:45pm, I was impressed by that.
On the way home, we dropped off my pain medication prescription at the pharmacy, then off to recover at home. I have to admit, that early evening was not as bad as I thought it might be. There was pretty much no pain as the nerve block did its thing and I had no pain to speak of.
At home I sat on the couch and watched some TV, then went and had dinner at the dinner table. Not sure why, but food tasted great after the surgery, I pigged out.
All things considered, it was a pretty good early evening, I say early because then came the time when the nerve block woke up, that experience is in the next post........
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