Life's Little Miracles

It will a month this coming Monday since I had the surgery on my shoulder - amazing! Doesn't seem like that long ago. And what a difference a month makes! A month ago, while lying on my back and bending both elbows to rest them on the floor - I could put my right elbow on the floor, but my left elbow would remain about 5 inches above the floor - it won't move any further. I could not roll over on my left shoulder without alot of pain. I could not drive with my left arm on the steering wheel, it was too painful. And forget trying to reach that box of cereal on the top shelf.

BUT thanks to Dr. Colosimo and the physical therapists at Novacare, I can now raise my left arm almost completely over my head almost pain-free. I can rest my left elbow on the floor when I lie down AND I can reach that box of cereal! Life's Little Miracles! The prognosis is that I should get 80% to 90% of my motion back. Yes, there is some movement I won't be able to do again, but I can live with 80 to 90%!