SHOULDER SURGERY
ON 2/9/01 I HAD SURGERY ON MY LEFT SHOULDER FOR A RUPTURED ROTATOR CUFF, TORN BICEP TENDON, TORN CARTILAGE, AND A BONE SPUR. SINCE MY SURGERY MY LEFT ARM BETWEEN MY SHOULDER AND ELBOW IS SO FILLED WITH FLUID ITS NOW 3 INCHES BIGGER THAN MY OTHER ARM, I WAS CHECKED FOR CLOTS, NONE WERE FOUND. I AM NOW WEARING A SURGICAL STOCKING THE LENGTH OF MY ARM TRYING TO DIPERSE SOME OF THE FLUID TO NO AVAIL. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM POST OP AND WHAT THE CAUSE WAS.