Partly Torn Rotator Cuff

[packerbacker7964]

Went to the doc today to get it looked at. He had me hold a 5lb weight out with my left arm, after I dropped the weight on the floor and quit crying i had it x-rayed. Too much swelling right now but he says there is some damage to it to the point of going under the knife. Anyone else had this happen to them? I'm kinda of scared of what's going to happen with the surgery if I have to have it.

[Danzig]

i think you and phil need to get together and compare notes....what happened?

[packerbacker7964]

I work in a waste water treatment plant. I have to carry pales of chemical up some stairs to dump into the water system. Well I ain't as young as I once was and I got turned around and almost fell. Well during the almost fall down th stairs I let the weight of the bucket get away from my body. I heard a pop and lot's of screaming. ( I'll admit I cried like my momma died) Lot's of pain meds and Icy Hot later here I lay in my old age. I remeber you husband had something happen to him a couple years back and I feel the same way he did I bet.

[TheSpyder]

Get it fixed
Get a good lawyer (the ones who have commericals at 2am on TV)
Retire
Go to the races everyday

Originally Posted by packerbacker7964

I work in a waste water treatment plant. I have to carry pales of chemical up some stairs to dump into the water system. Well I ain't as young as I once was and I got turned around and almost fell. Well during the almost fall down th stairs I let the weight of the bucket get away from my body. I heard a pop and lot's of screaming. ( I'll admit I cried like my momma died) Lot's of pain meds and Icy Hot later here I lay in my old age. I remeber you husband had something happen to him a couple years back and I feel the same way he did I bet.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by packerbacker7964

I work in a waste water treatment plant. I have to carry pales of chemical up some stairs to dump into the water system. Well I ain't as young as I once was and I got turned around and almost fell. Well during the almost fall down th stairs I let the weight of the bucket get away from my body. I heard a pop and lot's of screaming. ( I'll admit I cried like my momma died) Lot's of pain meds and Icy Hot later here I lay in my old age. I remeber you husband had something happen to him a couple years back and I feel the same way he did I bet.

he broke his heel in five/six places. that was 2 1/2 years ago, and he still has a limp. i can always tell when he's had a rough day, he limps more.

that sounds awful tho-so sorry you got hurt.

so, off on workmans comp, right? tony actually got hurt away from work, so we didn't have to deal with that. just make sure they find any and everything wrong with you now, and get it all fixed. a gal i used to work with had her husband go thru similar stuff-they fixed the rotator cuff, but not a related injury. when they found out about it, he had returned to work, and WC refused to pay any of the other injury/lost time, etc. so be thorough!
be careful with those pain meds tho.

[AeWingnut]

don't sign any papers before you get a lawyer. they won't want to pay squat.

it's hell getting old

[Danzig]

if everything gets handled, i don't know that you can sue.

You should go without the pain meds for as long as possible.


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