Bursitis???????

Today Jeff had his shoulder surgery. Luckily when they got in there it wasn't as bad as they thought. There was a chance they might have to repair his rotator cuff . . . but as it turned out his only problem stemmed from the bursitis he has been suffering from.

If you don't know what bursitis is don't feel bad because I had to look it up . . . You have more than 150 bursae in your body. These small, fluid-filled sacs lubricate and cushion pressure points between your bones and the tendons and muscles near your joints. They help your joints move with ease. Bursitis occurs when a bursa becomes inflamed. When inflammation occurs, movement or pressure is painful. Bursitis often affects the joints in your shoulders, elbows or hips. But you can also have bursitis by your knee, heel and the base of your big toe. Bursitis pain usually goes away within a few weeks or so with proper treatment, but recurrent flare-ups of bursitis are common.

So here's the happy patient in the recovery room. He's going to be so mad at me for posting this picture. I don't think he actually feels quite as bad as he looks here. Along with the pain meds they sent home, they also gave him a pain block on the left hand side of his body. So for the next 24-36 hours he won't be feeling much at all.