While my plate is discernible with my shirt off (my doctors called me skinny as well..which is funny and a different story) but the scar is what is very obvious. The plate doesn't feel like anything...it is different from the non-injured clavicle, but not too bad. Mine will be staying in permanently.
Yeah, the surgery put your clavicle back in it's anatomical position. I have a malunion which is in the shape of a tent (kind of like this ^ but less drastic). You can clearly see how my left shoulder is shorter and my clavicle has healed out of alignment.
Are you saying that your surgery was denied because the procedure would have been covered? I don't understand that.
I guess I'm not saying that was directly the reason. I do however feel that doctors in my country prefer to try conservative treatment more than usual because it's not money in their pocket. I also understand that with surgery comes risks but I feel that sometimes a doctor needs to listen to the patient who is sitting in their own body. I was so incredibly uncomfortable with letting the bone heal in the shape it was in and the surgeon even informed me that "it will heal just like that" without straightening out.
You're most welcome!Originally Posted by screwed .
thanx for the support!wow that sounds bad, how long since u had the surgery to u feeling somewhat comfortable, and able to move easer?
im not sure if i will have the plate out or not yet. now that i have had surgery and now what its like, i realy dont want to go through this again. docs say if its that iritating, than have it removed, but he said to get better and live with it for a while, to see how u cope.
the one word that was said over and over was 'exercise' . move sholder in small gentle movements leting it hang down and take its own wait (but do NOT lift it up) stretch out elbow to help stop seezing up, keep your hand and fingers moving (this one is tricky for me because i cant use my thumb and first finger)
I was told to do those pendulum exercises when I broke mine as well. They are good for preventing frozen shoulder. I agree with a lot of people who have said that keeping the shoulder and arm gently mobile throughout the healing process is a very good idea. Not only does it need blood flow and circulation to promote healing but your shoulder can actually lock up and you won't be able to move it if you keep it stationary for too long.Originally Posted by screwed .
the one word that was said over and over was 'exercise' . move sholder in small gentle movements leting it hang down and take its own wait (but do NOT lift it up) stretch out elbow to help stop seezing up, keep your hand and fingers moving (this one is tricky for me because i cant use my thumb and first finger)
those twinges are realy annoying! i broke my left coller bone at 15, 9 years later i still get the odd twinge there, tho not as bad as the right now.
does anyone else now find it hard to daydream? or just let your mind wonder off for a bit? school taught me how to do this very well
Naw at all, I used to weight 185-190lbs and I'm 6'0'' but now weight about 170-175lbs. I had the same concern as you before the surgery but as time and days go by it's not so bad. You can actually barely is it. Once I get back into training again, it should be un-noticeable.
5 weeks 5 days after the surgery. im still not able to move my sholder much, and still have some brusing, i can feel the plate but its not atall irritating. the way i look at it, if its not bothering me now, i dont see how it can bother me a year down the line when im moving around and i have meat on me again.
