Well, guys I am finally going to get this shoulder of mine fixed on Friday. The past couple of days I have been going back and forth to the DR. doing Xrays and an MRI.

I saw the DR. this morning and he told me the arthritis in my shoulder has caused bone spurs on my shoulder joint and that using a cortizone shot would only help temporarily. I know I needed this done.

So, Friday I will be having this shoulder surgergy to correct my shoulder and I can at least get back to 100%. wish me luck.

OMG Mac.

I'm very sorry to hear you have to have surgery. But I'm also glad you are getting the help you need. Please keep me informed.

Good luck, Mac! We'll all hold a big celebration in your honor on Saturday, provided the surgeons don't cut your arm off. What do you like on your 360? Lemme guess, some Call of Duty 4 garnished with a lot of win?

Ive always thought of you as a tough man,this should be a peice of cake for you too get back to normal afterwards.

I hope everything goes well.

Pray and your shoulder will be as good as new afterwards Be strong

Surgery will be a peice of cake, at least it will be on your end.
I've had surgery before (doctors shoved a cord cam up where the sun don't shine to take a gander at my kidneys, and let me tell you it hurt when I woke back up). But this stuff sounds a little easier, and its thankfully going to happen in a less sensitive area. You should be fine, big guy.

That was, as they say, a little too much information there Savior. Mac, you should be ok, assuming they're doing something along the lines of arthroscopic surgery on you. If it's a more invasive surgery they may have to immobilize the shoulder for a bit, which would be a huge pain in the ass. Good luck.

good luck mac

Good luck mac, make sure you stock up on pudding and yogurt before hand, dont want to work to hard to eat something delicious.

Everything will be awesome, just remember that.

Thanks everyone. The biggest thing is I have never been under. I have never had a surgical procedure done.

This should be a pieace of cake. I would just imagine I will be on some pain killers for a couple of days. Thank god it is the week-end so I can rest up.

It will be May until I can actually lift weights again.

Good luck Mac. Make sure you get some Vicodin.

I've only had 3 surgeries in my life and can't remember any of them

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Originally posted by WhiteKnight77:
Good luck Mac. Make sure you get some Vicodin.

You drugie j/k

Well, I did not get vicodin but I did get oxycodone/APAP 7.5/325mg
this is a substitute for
PERCOCET
Here are the staples in my shoulder. LOL

The first one is nasty looking, the second not so bad.

At least you'll have a badass scar to get all the chicks with.

Im surprised you can even type, most people on painkillers dont have the cognitive capability to get off the couch.

That means your feeling better, which is awesome. Nice to have you back healthy (mostly).

Actually that is the same picture just different angles.

yeah the first couple of days I did not do anything.

I could have stayed out this week but just decided it would be better for me to hop back on the horse so to speak.

Rehab is painful however.

Physical therapist=sadist, or at least it seems that way sometimes.

OMG Kevin that looks terrible. But, if it means you got the help you needed and will back at the gym soon, I'm happy for you.

But since you can't work out now maybe you will be on XBL more.

Well, at night I will be on more I think. I still can do cardio. I have not done anything since Friday. I am going to try and start back walking tommorow morning.

I go to the doctor again tommorow my GP doctor and and then back to the orthopedic Dr. on thursday. Rehab tommorow as well.

quillan LOL, you are sooooo wright my therapist is a 125lb blond girl who has given me more pain than I can ever imagine.

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Originally posted by RoaringMad Mac:
quillan LOL, you are sooooo wright my therapist is a 125lb blond girl who has given me more pain than I can ever imagine.

Yes we women will make your life hell as much as we can. LOL And you will let us because we are smaller than you. Big guys like Mac for some reason always afraid to even talk down to a small woman like that. Dunno why.