Good News!

  The first part of November has been crammed full of events including two major ones: Al’s having to schedule surgery due to a fall on his first visit to a new gym; and a complete remodeling of the sunroom in our house. Al’s fall resulted a scrape on his arm and a searing pain in his left shoulder. Although that joint had been previously replaced, the rotator cuff muscles were still intact. “Was it a torn rotator cuff?” we wondered, praying that it wasn’t.   Amazingly, Al was able to see his orthopedic surgeon and schedule an ultrasound at the hospital all within one week’s time! It turned out that there was indeed a big tear in the rotator cuff. How frustrating for him to face another surgery!   The surgeon recommended having a revision of the first prosthesis, in which the ball and socket are switched (called a Reverse Procedure)! With that procedure, the deltoid muscle is used to raise the arm instead of using the rotator cuff. “Do you want to go the rest ...