It’s always scary when someone you love needs surgery. My mum’s body has been failing her ever since I was born. When pregnant with me she had all of these physical issues, and it has been bad for her ever since. She played a lot of sport when she was younger and had bad eating habits, the negative effects of which were masked by the hours and hours of sport/training she did every week. She was extremely talented and a highly regarded sporting child in her town growing up, but one injury to her ligaments at twenty-one years old changed all that.
Now as a woman in her late fifties, she needs to have a shoulder replacement because of all the stress she put on her shoulders when she was younger. As her only child, I am worried about the surgery and how long it’s going to take her to recover, but I know she needs to do it. She’s not going to have anywhere near a good enough quality of life if she doesn’t get the surgery done.
Shoulder replacement surgery has many benefits and even though I’m scared for my mum to get the surgery, I know for a fact that she’s in the best hands possible. In fact, we’ve got her an appointment with the best shoulder surgeon Melbourne has to offer. That’s how badly we all want this to go well. If the shoulder surgery does go well then mum will be in significantly less pain and have a much greater range of movement going forward. It would really improve her quality of life to be able to move her shoulder without pain. She would be able to get back into doing exercises that she used to love and I know she would be a lot happier as a result. I’m happy just thinking about her happiness. I really hope her shoulder replacement surgery goes well.