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Cerveza Fria
No family history of Colon cancer. And I should have added that my Primary Care doctor said some new protocol for healthy people with no family history is to wait until 60. Just don't want to be put under without necessity. That being said, I will be put under in May when I have surgery on my shoulder, but I can't put off surgery any longer (it's been 2 1/2 years dealing with Frozen Shoulder, Torn Labrum.) Interesting enough, Shoulder doc says my Frozen Shoulder was caused by getting my Moderna booster shot. There are studies that are showing this data to be real, and he has numerous clients like me who claim their issues started when they got the shot. But he says it could also be caused by the Flu and RSV vaccines).
Going under for a colonoscopy and going under for your shoulder are vastly different things. Twilight sedation isn’t nearly as dangerous as general anesthesia.
I don’t like the false negative rate. 9% is huge. You’ll probably be fine anyway with your family history and lifestyle. I’m sure you eat well and no one who runs like you is pound overweight.
I have the same exact shoulder issues as you. I’ve been dealing with it for over a decade. I’m the guy in the gym multiple times a week doing sets of dumbell presses on the floor as it’s so much easier on shoulder. It still hurts, but bearable. Anything pushing hurts like hell.
I had it as far back as when I lived in Pittsburgh. I went to the Steelers team surgeon, waited months, and they diagnosed me with an AC joint issue. Did surgery, recovered quickly, and the surgery did absolutely nothing. Not even a little bit of relief.
Went to new group, they put me through range of motion exam, said I think you have a torn labrum. Did film, sure enough.
I ask every few years about the recovery and they have always said 9-12 months to get back in gym.
I’ve went every route. My whole gym routine is built around things that hurt less. Use bands to loosen up for half hour before gym. I sleep with pillow wedged so I won’t roll onto right shoulder when I’m sleeping because when I slept on it, the next day was bad.
I had this super hot masseuse I went to for like 5 visits. Just gorgeous. She’d spend an hour with me on my stomach working on it. Helped just a little. One day she suggests this kind of burly 50 year old guy. Of course it can’t be the hot chick.
He goes in on my upper right chest for most of the hour. The next day I felt like I had did 10 sets of incline press. But the frozen shoulder aspect was essentially cured. I’ve been going to him every few weeks for probably 8 years now. Zero walking around discomfort.
But the labrum pain in the gym still hurts and I’m back to wasting a year. I didn’t want to waste a year at 45. Every year it becomes harder to waste most of a year, but I’m going to have to. Have added swimming and pretty much exhausted all the smart things to do to work around it, and it has been getting worse.
What did your surgeon say about recovery? Not to be active, but to throw a football or lift heavy things?