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Slap lesions and surgeons and bollocks 29-May-2012 At 9:38:43 PM tor.lattimore

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Hi Wendy

I had arthroscopic labrum repair three weeks ago. I didn't have a SLAP tear though, so your experience might be slightly different.

I would have been happy to leave on the day pain wise, but was there for two nights in the end so I could take antibiotics intravenously to reduce infection risk. I'm still only typing one hand and some basic things are a massive pain, like opening jars. Sleeping was the worst part for a couple of weeks. I highly suggest a comfy reclining chair. A shirt that's cut down the side with velcro can be put on under the sling without really moving shoulder or sling.

They gave me Endone and Panadeine as pain kllers, but I only ended up using the latter. When you come out of surgery you'll probably have a tiny catheter for morphine as well. It'll be removed (painlessly) when you leave hospital, which might be another reason to stay a bit longer.

The sling is nowhere near as uncomfortable as I expected.

Best of luck!

Edit: My doctor quoted me 3 months running, 6 months swimming and 9 months climbing.