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Slap lesions and surgeons and bollocks 24-May-2012 At 11:58:35 AM Elaine Stevenson

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Hi Wendy,

Sorry - haven't logged in for a few days, only just read. Ok - sounds like you've got major issues. Sorry you didn't have any luck with Mr Salmon's rooms. He's one of the surgeons I suggest so good to know their policy on privately funded clients. Most of mine are insured but there's always the odd person who prefers to self-fund. How did you go with Wendy Braybon?

Let me know if you need another name. Would strongly suggest you get someone (shoulder physio) to look at you from the perspective of 'pre-hab' / supportive treatment to maximise the benefit that you'll get from surgery, assuming that is your only option, and to minimise the associated down time. Talk to RDs rooms and to SBs rooms and ask which physios they work with. If possible get specific names and not just the practice name.

Given the finding re muscle wastage, I really think you need to be dealing with that too, and sooner rather than later. Surgery will help with the structural damage, but it won't directly address the associated deconditioning arising from the neural involvement and related factors that's currently evident. Did Julian give you exercises etc to do in the meanwhile? Was there any talk of osteopathic treatment to address related factors (eg neural structures)? I'm not an osteo, so I can't say whether osteo could assist here but it might be worth exploring, if you haven't already done so.

Hope that helps.
Keep us posted on how you go.

Cheers!

Elaine.