Hi,
I had a rotator cuff tear (med to large) and numbness in all of my fingers and forearm. I had the surgery to repair the damage and for several weeks was on 4 oxycodon a day, plus 8 percocet, and 800 milligrams of motrin every 4 hours. My wife who is an Endodontist could not believe I was not knocked out from the drugs, it merely dulled the pain a bit. Lord only knows what it would have been like without drugs, I would have had to drink several bottles of wine a day
So as you might guess I had no use of my right (dominate) hand and arm. I did not trust shaving with a feather left handed and with a rather large dose opioid in my system. So I was reduced to the canned stuff and a Mach something or the other for weeks. I even tried an electric razor :-(
I am now lifting 1 lb of weight with my right arm and I still have numbness in my thumb, forefinger, and middle finger. BUT I am back to using my DE, some really nice creams, and my trusted feather blades.
I was hooked on good brushes, creams, and blades and was forced to step back to my old ways, and I have to say I truly appreciate getting back to my DE! Warm lather with a wonderful aroma, having the ability to unscrew a cap to use after shave, and carefully using a slant or other Mercur to get a really good shave. Back to some of the simple pleasures of life. You don't realize what you will miss until you have to cut something out.
I had a rotator cuff tear (med to large) and numbness in all of my fingers and forearm. I had the surgery to repair the damage and for several weeks was on 4 oxycodon a day, plus 8 percocet, and 800 milligrams of motrin every 4 hours. My wife who is an Endodontist could not believe I was not knocked out from the drugs, it merely dulled the pain a bit. Lord only knows what it would have been like without drugs, I would have had to drink several bottles of wine a day
So as you might guess I had no use of my right (dominate) hand and arm. I did not trust shaving with a feather left handed and with a rather large dose opioid in my system. So I was reduced to the canned stuff and a Mach something or the other for weeks. I even tried an electric razor :-(
I am now lifting 1 lb of weight with my right arm and I still have numbness in my thumb, forefinger, and middle finger. BUT I am back to using my DE, some really nice creams, and my trusted feather blades.
I was hooked on good brushes, creams, and blades and was forced to step back to my old ways, and I have to say I truly appreciate getting back to my DE! Warm lather with a wonderful aroma, having the ability to unscrew a cap to use after shave, and carefully using a slant or other Mercur to get a really good shave. Back to some of the simple pleasures of life. You don't realize what you will miss until you have to cut something out.
Welcome back into the fold. 
