Needless to say, I went through with the surgery. Left shoulder only. I'm not even thinking about the right shoulder yet. I want to be sure that I feel like it worked before I jump into anything else.

The day of surgery wasn't bad at all. I received a nerve block, so I couldn't feel anything from my shoulder down. That was the strangest part of all having no control over your arm and being unable to even move your fingers.

Because I couldn't feel anything, the first 12-24 hours were great. The nerve block started to wear off when I woke up the following day so I started taking the painkillers. Unfortunately they made me sick. I did make a call to the doctor to see if there was anything that would be gentler on my stomach, but he said to first try eating more with them. That seemed to help a little, but I still hated the painkillers.

Because they were making me feel sick and I didn't feel like the pain was unbearable, I went off of the painkillers in about two days and just took Tylenol. It actually worked really well and  as long as I was careful and didn't try to move my shoulder, I was just fine.

As far as the surgery was concerned, the nerve block was by far the strangest thing, but certainly not bad. I had a very random side effect that apparently isn't very common, but the nurse said everyone responds differently to it. For some reason, my hand and part of my arm was extremely warm to the touch. They weren't concerned of infection because I didn't have a fever and it would have happened to quickly for that, but it was a little odd. 

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