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Posted 12/28/2016 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,
Happy holidays I hope everyone is having a great holiday season! I have shoulder instability in my right shoulder, it dislocated 3-4 times in college and I never got it seen by an orthopedic doctor which makes me very angry at myself.

Does anyone have any shoulder instability? If so, did you have surgery and was it worth it?
Posted 12/28/2016 4:06 PM (GMT 0)
I have 'issues' with my shoulders, but it's not really a instability. But, this will bump the thread up for more views.

Generally speaking, surgery while a person has active Lyme isn't a good idea. Healing generally takes longer, and it increases our other symptoms as well as setting our immune function back yet again. But each person is a unique case, and some need surgery despite having Lyme. I had no choice when my appendix and gall bladder decided that they had had enough of living in my Lyme body.
Posted 12/28/2016 4:09 PM (GMT 0)
I feel like my shoulder is slightly out of socket. When I shrug my shoulder or move my elbows out, I make a "popping" sound. I interpret it as a symptom of lyme. Good luck.
Posted 12/28/2016 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
Do you take supplements such as Glucosamin&MSM?
Posted 12/28/2016 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the response all.

Blueberry- Glucosamine and MSM don't do anything for me and unfortunately will not fix any issues with shoulder instability
Posted 12/28/2016 4:47 PM (GMT 0)
I had shoulder surgery two years ago for a full rotator cuff tear without trauma. It was worth it for me because I literally woke up one morning and couldn't raise my arm higher than my shoulder and now I have 90% recovery. The surgery recovery is tough, but it's well-known to be tough for everyone; especially the first few weeks when it's very difficult to get comfortable when you're trying to sleep. No sleep makes anyone crabby! ;-)
Posted 12/28/2016 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
Wow I'm glad to hear you're doing so well!! Was this before or after you had Lyme? I had surgery on my left shoulder specifically my bicep, I shouldn't have had surgery then I should've had it on my right shoulder so I'm seeing an orthopedic doctor for a consult on my right next month.
Posted 12/28/2016 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
I'm still not officially dx with lyme, but it was after I became ill. I even put it off for a few months because I felt so badly I was afraid to go into surgery feeling that poorly. They did have an issue with my blood pressure dropping while I was in recovery immediately after the surgery though...not sure that had anything to do with my illness. I had a great surgeon who only does rotator cuff tears and he gave me a video of the surgery, although it was arthroscopic so a little hard to tell exactly what was going on, but he did narrate it.

I honestly don't think my recovery was any more difficult than it was for the general public though, but I did reschedule it until I was having some good weeks.

Good luck!
Posted 12/28/2016 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
I've had problems with my shoulders dropping out of socket for a long time but without full dislocation, and I've had Lyme unknowingly for a long time.

I had no idea they were related. Intense pain in my right shoulder/upper arm,and a bone spur put me into arthroscopic surgery to remove it, re-attach my biceps, lap...basically every muscle and tendon was either shredded or detached. They left the torn rotator alone.

It didn't help the sockets at all, I still can't carry a purse by hand or anything while walking without them popping out.

I'm very disappointed Glucosamine and MSM wont' help. It's been on my radar.

Oh, and the surgery did cause the worst relapse in my Lyme in 30 years, but at least I finally got a pos. RMSF last year and while searching for answers found this place with so much combined experience and medical links, and support.
Posted 12/28/2016 8:34 PM (GMT 0)
Have you ever been tested for Ehlers-Danlos? I'm no doctor, but I've researched it a lot because I'm hypermobile, and if it's just falling out of the socket it may be this connective tissue disease. That sounds awful!

Are you hypermobile?
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