Originally Posted by josepentia

I had the husband look at my back closely last night- but he says that the shoulder blades are even and not sticking out. However, I am holding my left shoulder a bit higher throughout the day (the surgery side) so I am making a considerable effort to keep that shoulder lower.

The pain is when I breath deep, cough or worse- sneeze! The pain is along the long side of my left shoulder blade near my spine and the worse almost right at the corner on the bottom of the left shoulder blade. The pain isn't dull or achy- sadly, when breathing deep, coughing or the dreaded sneeze, it is SHARP- like a knife. I havn't had a good cough in over a week now, I have been trying to get by with small clearing of the throat type of coughs. I sneezed last night, and my husband caught me in the bathroom BC I about fainted and lost my grip from the sink!
I can find a comfortable place to lay on the bed for a few hours at night for bed, but then I wake up because my shoulder blade is killing me again. So I try to move and adjust every few hours.
Also, I have discomfort/numbness in my left tricep area- which I attribute to the surgery as well.

I can raise my left arm above my head and all that, so I haven't been baby-ing my left arm much at all since the surgery last week. Matter of fact, recovery has been a piece of cake with exception to this pain.

Advise is welcome, thanks!
Jocelyn