{"id":726,"date":"2015-05-11T16:27:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T16:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selfrelianceessentials.com\/?p=726"},"modified":"2015-05-11T16:27:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T16:27:51","slug":"recovering-from-joint-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.selfrelianceessentials.com\/?p=726","title":{"rendered":"Recovering from Joint Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5\/11\/15<\/p>\n<p>If I put my arm on the desk just so, then I can time with about a normal rate. \u00a0However, it still hurts a lot so I don&#8217;t plan on doing much emailing for another week or so.<\/p>\n<p>Surgery went as well as could be expected last Thursday (the 7th of May) although a scheduling mixup had me arrive earlier than I should have (7am) and I waited, dressed in a gown and socks, on a table from 9am or so when the anesthesiologist gave me a brachial plexes nerve block for my left arm. \u00a0I went under general anesthesia around noon, and woke up after 3pm I think, so the whole day was much longer than the original 3 hours I was expecting.<\/p>\n<p>Since the nerve block went in so far before the surgery, I expect I had more pain later that day than I could have if things had gone according to schedule. \u00a0 I DO NOT recommend oxycodone pain killers because they didn&#8217;t work very well at all for my pain, and caused constipation that I&#8217;m still working through. \u00a0I only took the oxy for 2 days. \u00a0Now I&#8217;m dealing with pain like a man, and mostly\u00a0laying\u00a0around watching Netflix because I can&#8217;t be comfortable enough long enough in a sitting position to do any serious work at the computer. \u00a0It is unfortunate that Cannabis derived pain killers aren&#8217;t legal because I believe they would be much more effective and not come with any of the negative side effects of synthesized prescription narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first day that I&#8217;ve felt up to the task of writing anything, and I&#8217;m still going to need more time to respond individually to many of your well wishes in my email inbox. \u00a0I appreciate the positive thoughts and feelings. \u00a0I had made a macabre video to show the shoulder before the operation, and to bid farewell in case I died on the table, but I&#8217;m not dead, so I&#8217;ll have to capture some images from that video instead of posting the whole thing. \u00a0I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;m alive, and I&#8217;m excited to get well and back to work asap.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfrelianceessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Jared-Preop-5-7-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-728  alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.selfrelianceessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Jared-Preop-5-7-15-e1431361430436-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jared Preop-5-7-15\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" 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