Quote (cloudkicker @ Mar 18 2016 07:15pm)

bone cysts are fairly common as far as i know and essentially just a nuisance. the pain will bother you but with treatment you'll be fine. a cyst is just a fluid filled cavity within a tissue. some people get cystic kidneys, some get them on their ovaries. you have one in the bone of your humerus. surgery is probably a last line thing, they will try to treat it with meds first (if he said cortisone then steroids first) and if that works, great. if not, relatively minor surgery to evacuate the fluid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_cyst

Quote (noob_whacker @ Mar 18 2016 07:26pm)

ok wow thanks

but its like in the bone. so they gotta go past tendons and into the bone. i feel like thats not all that minor? i think read recovery time is like 3 to 6 months :( and its possible the cyst just reforms?

im wondering if the pain is from the cyst or the tendinopathy? or can the cyst have caused the tendinopathy?

u said meds, like any oral meds? or they have to be injected to the cyst?

thanks though, u make it seem not so bad!

Quote (cloudkicker @ Mar 18 2016 07:48pm)

i mean yes because its a cyst the ortho would have to dissect the shoulder to the point where he gets easy access to the cyst, and then somehow cut through the bone tissue to the cyst (i would assume using a very fine drill) and drain the fluid. relatively minor as in there isnt much risk of puncturing major vasculature (unless its really close to the axillary artery), its in a limb so youre away from organs. its not really high pressure surgery like cardiothoracic or neurovascular surgery, the surgeon has probably done hundreds or thousands of cyst drainages. yeah recovery would be a bitch but you arent going to suffer due to this cyst unless you cant take a lil pain. cortisone can probably be oral or injection but i would think they would want maybe an intracapsular injection for this, not sure im not a med student.

Quote (noob_whacker @ Mar 18 2016 08:37pm)

wow thanks ^_^

i dont think the axillary artery is near the posterior humeral head? i looked at diagram real quick for that artery, and seems its mostly lower than it?

true its probably not a life threatening surgery, but theres always the chance of severing something that causes permanent loss of movement or feeling or something that prevents me from lifting ever again :cry:

not being able to lift itsnt the end of the world, but its honestly a big deal to me. ive been out of gym over 6 months now and its honestly very upsetting. i dont dwell on it, but at first i felt sort of powerless, being so young and unable to do something sort of basic as lift weight up and put it down. i really enjoy the gym... well at least i did enjoy it :mellow:

hopefully this can be resolved without surgery. but i thought that cortisone shots are temporary. i think i read something that can be injected that lowers the production of some chemical that would allow the cyst to be reabsorbed back into the bone and leave. i hope....