It wasn't until I was off the strong meds, weeks later, that I realized I'd damaged my upper right arm when I used my arm to block my fall.
I have ignored the soreness for five months because healing the kneecap kind of made everything else pale in comparison. I didn't want to get off the couch. I didn't want to leave the house. I didn't want to see more doctors. Wheelchairs, walkers, ill-fitting braces, keeping my right leg stick-straight, watching The Great British Baking Show - there were SO many good reasons to ignore a sore arm.
My knee is mostly healed, but my arm still hurts every day. I could live with it. I could! Advil takes the pain away in 4 - 5 hour time slots. But pain wakes me up at night, and it hurts when I try to brush the back of my hair, or put on a sweater. Enough!
I start physical therapy on my arm on Monday.
Bitch, bitch, moan. What a pain!
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That's good that you're getting physio. Soft tissue tends to take a lot longer to heal and physios are the best people to deal with it. Hope you're feeling better soon.
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DeleteI'm so sorry that you've been in pain all this time. I hope the physical therapy helps and that you start to feel pain-free soon. Take care there.
ReplyDeleteI will. Thanks.
DeleteThis has been an ordeal plus. I hope physical therapy resolves the problem.
ReplyDeletePT works wonders! I hope you will be pain free in a short time.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteHa! It does.
ReplyDeleteOh no! I hope the PT makes a big difference. Are they sure your arm isn't injured in a way that requires medical intervention? Did they x-ray it?
ReplyDeleteGood question. It has not been x-rayed. They are going to try PT for 6 weeks, if there's not improvement after that they will send me for x-rays and tests. Sounds odd, I know.
DeletePhysical therapists have impressive teaching tools for relief of pain. May you find relief soon!
ReplyDelete(I love the accompanying poetic healing image)
I've pinned down my antipathy to doctors' waiting rooms: I'd as soon not be among people who are ill. I'm not worried about being infected, it just that ill people are defective and obsessed with what makes them ill.
ReplyDeleteSomething similar about concert halls: all those white/bald heads; who'd choose the elderly/old for company? Age doesn't enhance music.
You'll have noticed the flaw in these two observations. In either instance I'm ill or old (or both) and thus qualify for membership of these two sad groups. But no. My illnesses and my advanced age are different: I heroically endure the former and am dignified by the latter. Great thoughts pass through my head. I'm often on the verge of writing good prose and must be excused if this doesn't happen. At 150 yards or more I can be considered handsome.
Delusions are what keep me going. I can fit you up with a delusion that suits you but it will cost you. Dearly.
You are a joy. Most of the time, anyway.
DeleteI hope the PT helps. When I had a bulging disc in my back it made a world of difference.
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