I had shoulder surgery for a torn rotator cuff on December 11, 2007. I actually had an MRI back in February and I knew there was a tear that would require surgery. I drive a large commercial truck and move heavy pallets and materials for a living. I am an independent contractor and missed work equals lost income so surgery at that point wasn't feasible. I was counting on a good summer so I could save enough cash to cover the bills for 2 months, hopefully from 12/15/07 to 02/15/08. The summer was not very good and I barely saved enough to cover one month of expenses. Evidently I shredded the area fairly bad over the summer and the surgery became an incision type as opposed to arthroscopic as was planned. My rehab became 6 weeks of nothing followed by 6 weeks of light therapy. The tear was so bad that the surgeon insisted time was needed for it to heal before I could work on building it back up. So it took until March 10th, 12 weeks, before I was freed by my surgeon to begin using the resistance bands and weights. I had a 10 lb weight limit on pushing and pulling exercises. It was at my April 21st visit to the surgeon that I received permission to return to work with restrictions of no heavy lifting and no overhead work. On April 30th I began delivery work again in my Corolla as a temporary position, delivering envelopes and small packages.


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Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." John 14:6 That doesn't leave much wiggle room. Yet, we continue to try to get right with God on our own terms rather than submit to Jesus Christ.

My shoulder surgery was 11December07. I was out of work 20 weeks recovering from it. The past 8 weeks I have been driving my Toyota Corolla for work, delivering small packages and envelopes for the local courier company that I contract with. Monday, 07July08, I will be getting back into the big truck, perhaps a bit early, but the opportunity is there now. It is a Kenworth T-300, a dock truck or straight truck. You see these trucks on the highways everyday, just shorter than a semi, the cab is attached, not separate. I will just have to remain cautious about pallets that are too heavy or working overhead. The truck is available now and appears to be a reasonable deal. Also driving the decision is the budget. The 20 weeks of nothing and the 8 weeks of coming up short by $200-$300 have affected many things in our life. So here is the opportunity to jump the income back up while hopefully the summer remains busy. If not for the generosity of friends and loved ones, in excess of $7000 I believe, I don't know how we would have ended up. I thank God for people responding in such a positive way as he moved on their hearts to help us through this, both financially and emotionally.

Thanks also to all those I've met at SparkPeople who have been such an encouragement to me, helping me to persevere through the physical portion of this recovery.

As the motto in the movie, Meet the Robinsons, says, Keep Moving Forward!

Sarge


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Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." John 14:6 That doesn't leave much wiggle room. Yet, we continue to try to get right with God on our own terms rather than submit to Jesus Christ.