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Governor back on the job after undergoing medical procedure on shoulder
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks with attendees following a news conference at the Roadrunner Venture Studio in Albuquerque on Tuesday. The governor recently underwent a medical procedure to fix “wear and tear” on her shoulder and is currently wearing a sling.
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SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham recently underwent a medical procedure on her shoulder that might keep her off the pickleball court for the near future, but not home from work.
After Lujan Grisham was seen wearing a sling on her right arm at a Monday news conference in Albuquerque, a spokesman said the procedure was not done in response to a specific injury, but rather to address “wear and tear” over time.
The Governor’s Office declined to say where Lujan Grisham had the medical intervention performed and the exact type of procedure.
“Like many Americans, the governor prefers to keep her medical diagnoses and decisions private,” Lujan Grisham spokesman Michael Coleman told the Journal.
The Democratic governor is no stranger to the doctor’s office, as she has also undergone other medical procedures in recent years.
Lujan Grisham traveled to Washington, D.C., in January 2023 for a knee replacement surgery that was performed by an orthopedic surgeon. She then returned for a follow-up surgery several months later after she experienced complications from the initial surgery.
The governor received some criticism from Republican lawmakers for traveling out of state for the surgery, but said she had previously been a patient of the doctor who performed the surgery when she served three terms in Congress.
After a recovery that included using a bulky brace, Lujan Grisham sufficiently rehabilitated from those surgeries to hit the ski hill in recent years.
The governor, 65, is approaching the final year of her second four-year term in office. After being elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022, she is barred under the state Constitution from seeking a third consecutive term next year.
