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[OTISLAYER]

I'm supposed to be getting an arthrogram for my shoulder on Monday. I dislocated it for the second time, last friday, after surgery that took place in early-March. The first time, they found that only a ligiment (the labrum) was torn and needed to be drilled and anchored together. That was a result of the first dislocation I had  of the right shoulder in January. All was taken care of. No harm, no foul.

Now, I would need complete reconstructive surgery. They say it is a 97% success rate. Compred to my last surgery, a whopping 93% success rate.

It's either taking trips to the hospital every other three months becuase of dislocations. Or just get it all over with by more surgery.

It's all just frustrating for many reasons; how it can get in the way of important things, for one.

[GenTsoChiken]

i think you should get it all taken care of in one shot, you may get set back a while but it will pay off by not having to repeatedly go into surgery all the time.

[Popsikle]

Well, the way I see it is you dont really need your shoulder to play video games, so go for the surgery now, and not goto the hospital all the time.

Why does your shoulder keep dislocating?

[OTISLAYER]

My shoulder keeps dislocating because I have hyperextended joints. Apparently, it's hereditary. My right shoulder in this case, gets the worst of it. My left shoulder, I can pop out at will. I think it's really cool, but my mom keeps telling me not to do it.

Sure, I may get the surgery. First, I have to go to a follow-up with the orthropaedic surgeon after my arthrogram/MRI exams. Which is the determination of surgery or not. Chances are, it's gonna happen. It's not that I don't want it, because I have no other benevolent choices around it.