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[pennyJo1960]

And it will get better if you can get through it !

 

[pertnear09]

So..... my shoulder has been hurting...

I was waiting for it to get better... didn't... it actually felt like it was getting worse....

So, during my RL Saturday morning coffee group, I asked all the old folks there what they thought...

They all voted for me to get seen by a doc.

So.... Monday I called, got to see a doc same day... surprisingly... and yeah, a full doc. not a PA or what have ya.

So.... doc said "hum" and then said I shouldn't be favoring it... because that would cause me to have a "frozen shoulder". I looked at her and said, nope, there are some ways that I will NOT move that arm. Nope.

So, she ordered an x-ray.

I got x-rayed. That was bad, but not horrid. X-ray guy didn't ask me to move it in a way I refuse to move it.... so... whatever.


X-rays came back, doc said "wow, it almost looks like your shoulder is dislocated, because of the way the bone is sitting" I said "no, it isn't dislocated, but maybe torn" so.... she went... got a doc who specializes in such things to look at it... came back, with "yep, torn, you need an MRI, and then surgery"


So....

It hurts worse now... I don't think because I had to hold it funny for the x-ray.... but because now I KNOW it is NOT getting better, and it will take gobs all of time before it gets fixed.

MRI, earliest available is the 30th.

And in hindsight... I think I have been making it worse... like it started with a little tear... and I made it tear worse because I kept doing stuff I shouldn't have done with a torn shoulder....



And now I am just tired... tired of being in pain all the blasted time... and #$%#@&!!! angry that I made it worse... and have to wait weeks... maybe months, and spend gobs of money....

But... supposedly this kind of surgery is usually easy and successful.

So... good... I guess

I'm sorry you're having to go through this. I bet it does seem like it'll take forever to get fixed. Just take it easy and let all them big strong sons of yours take care of things for a while.

 

[bobbi-j]

What is he doing now? Something still needs harvesting?

Most of our corn. He’s just getting a good start. Our grain truck isn’t a semi like most use around here. It holds about 600 bushels. He hauls to an elevator about 30 miles from here. So, it takes him about an hour to load the truck, another 1 1/2 hours or so to take it in, unload and get back. So it takes a while. But as long as everything is running right, and the weather cooperates, he’s happy. We do have some local guys who will haul with their semis as soon as they’re done hauling sugar beets. (We have some ground that we let him them cut and bake hay from for their cattle. In the past we have traded hay for gravel, beef and trucking.)

 

[bobbi-j]

So..... my shoulder has been hurting...

I was waiting for it to get better... didn't... it actually felt like it was getting worse....

So, during my RL Saturday morning coffee group, I asked all the old folks there what they thought...

They all voted for me to get seen by a doc.

So.... Monday I called, got to see a doc same day... surprisingly... and yeah, a full doc. not a PA or what have ya.

So.... doc said "hum" and then said I shouldn't be favoring it... because that would cause me to have a "frozen shoulder". I looked at her and said, nope, there are some ways that I will NOT move that arm. Nope.

So, she ordered an x-ray.

I got x-rayed. That was bad, but not horrid. X-ray guy didn't ask me to move it in a way I refuse to move it.... so... whatever.


X-rays came back, doc said "wow, it almost looks like your shoulder is dislocated, because of the way the bone is sitting" I said "no, it isn't dislocated, but maybe torn" so.... she went... got a doc who specializes in such things to look at it... came back, with "yep, torn, you need an MRI, and then surgery"


So....

It hurts worse now... I don't think because I had to hold it funny for the x-ray.... but because now I KNOW it is NOT getting better, and it will take gobs all of time before it gets fixed.

MRI, earliest available is the 30th.

And in hindsight... I think I have been making it worse... like it started with a little tear... and I made it tear worse because I kept doing stuff I shouldn't have done with a torn shoulder....



And now I am just tired... tired of being in pain all the blasted time... and #$%#@&!!! angry that I made it worse... and have to wait weeks... maybe months, and spend gobs of money....

But... supposedly this kind of surgery is usually easy and successful.

So... good... I guess

Oh, Al! I agree with Pert - get the boys to help as much as you can. It’s easy to fall into the “It’ll probably be better tomorrow” trap and wait too long to get things checked out. Don’t beat yourself up. (Yeah, I know, easy for me to say!)

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ponders good evening one and all!

Temperature is in the 60s.

Have a great day!

 

[sourland]

Lord, it's cold on my lily pad. Time to turn on the Pond heater.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Good morning pond. Brisk but beautiful on my lily pad.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ponders good afternoon one and all!

I was out on my lily pad relaxing for a change.

Temperature is in the 70s.

Have a great day!

 

[Alaskan]

Lord, it's cold on my lily pad. Time to turn on the Pond heater.

What about bubbles?

Also, I want the tiny marshmallows... and I want them on my coffee.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning Pond. Love tiny marshmallows in cocoa.
Cool here on my lily pad.