MaryDivinsky

I am now a little over a year postop and I've had almost constant shoulder pain since the day of surgery. It only happens when I'm lying down or riding in the passenger seat of the car (maybe because of the way the car seat back is molded) or if I try to take my arm and move it behind my back. It is not affected by eating or drinking. Everyone says it will go away. It hasn't. When I first mentioned it at the clinic, they looked at me like they had never heard of this happening and their suggestion has been to get my regular doctor to prescribe pain meds.
I'm going to call my clinic tomorrow and tell them I need to see the surgeon because they either need to take the band out or fix whatever is causing this pain to continue and worsen. Taking pain meds the rest of my life is not an option. I've actually woken up in the night crying from the pain...and this is from someone who never took pain meds after the surgery.
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