The long words

I had a chair massage at work this week, from Carol Oswald at A Quiet Space.  I told her about my upcoming surgery, and she asked what specific muscles were involved.  I couldn't remember all (OK, I couldn't remember ANY) of the long words, so here's some of the report from the MRI in March:

• There is diffuse supraspinatus tendinosis and a high-grade partial interstitial tear of the supraspinatus tendon at its anterior insertion which measures approximately 6x9mm with adjacent marrow edema of the interior facet of the greater tuberosity. There is mild intraspinatus tendinosis. The subscapularis and teres minor tendons are intact. The rotator cuff muscle mass is maintained. There is trace fluid and thickening of the subacromial subdeltoid bursa. There are mild degenerative changes of the acromioclavicular joint.

No idea what I just typed.  I could have typed it in Wingdings and it would have made about as much sense.  Dr. Latshaw's report to my family doctor is a little clearer.  It reads, in part:

• Review of the patient's x-rays four views of the right shoulder demonstrates no bony abnormality. Review of the patient's MRI demonstrates significant tendinopathy of the supraspinatus with a very high grade interstitial tear of the anterior supraspinatus; this encompasses approximately 80% to 90% of the tendon.  I explained these findings to Ms. Morgan. She has a fairly significant partial tear of the rotator cuff. Given her young age, I think this needs to be repaired surgically; this would be a shoulder arthroscopy, takedown of the supraspinatus, removal of the tendinopathy, and repair of the rotator cuff which will require her to be in a sling for about six weeks after surgery with usually a three to four month recovery time.

So, that's the long words. 36 days and counting!