A search and destroy mission

 

That’s how the surgeon described it.

 

Judy’s left shoulder really hurts so the doctor had her do an MRI so he could see what’s going on.  He knows he needs to go in and repair rotator cuff tendons.  He may have a bursectomy to do.  He might do a debridement to clean up some arthritis.  There is a lump on top of her shoulder we thought was a lipoma, but it didn’t register that way on the MRI.  His theory is that there may be some detachment at the top of the deltoid muscle that has bunched up a little bit there.  It might also just be extra subcutaneous adipose tissue.  He won’t know until he sees it from the inside.

 

We’re scheduled for surgery next Wednesday morning.  A search and destroy mission.  Once he gets in, he’ll do whatever needs to be done, and it will all be done arthroscopically.  Six weeks in a sling; she’ll be out of it in time for us to leave on schedule for Alaska.