I was at physical therapy today (for my shoulder replacement surgery) and we were talking about the game and how the Chicago coach wasted the last minute trying for a win when they could have easily tied the game with a field goal and forced it into OT. The therapist said that the coach wasn't long for his job. When I walked out and my son picked me up, I checked my phone and I saw the headline that the Bears owners had just fired the head coach. The therapist nailed that one.

Yea, Detroit has got to work on their game for next week. Green Bay is only two-games behind them and is coming off a three-game winning streak. At least they're playing at home and it will be televised as it's the Thursday night game of the week.

OCU

Normal shoulder replacement or reverse? I'm a little over a month in on mine.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

Reverse, my right shoulder and I'm right-dominate. Surgery was October 24th. I just finished my third week of physical therapy with at least three more weeks to go. We're getting into the more-painful phase of the treatment.

If this works out OK, I might get the left shoulder done sometime after the first of the year, maybe by spring time. Osteoarthritis can be a drag. So far it's really only affected my shoulders.

OCU

Are you kidding? Same date as mine. But I had the "normal" replacement because my rotator cuff was in excellent shape.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

Yea, my rotator cuff was destroyed.

16-years ago I severed the supraspinatus tendon, which is one of the major tendons in the rotator cuff, and they had to replace a section of it with a cadaver tendon. The surgery was a complete success and I had no problems with it until this past summer when we were on vacation and I grabbed a suitcase at the wrong angle and tore it again. The doctor said that it wasn't worth the effort trying to fix the rotator cuff again what with the arthritic shoulder, so they opted for the full 'reverse' replacement: