Re: What Next - Joint Problems

September 2, 2010

Hi .

Â Â Â Â I hope you can get some new meds. to help with your pain and

suffering.Â Like you, I hate to add another pill, but when we need to get out

of pain, I gladly will do it.

Â Â Â It is good you took the time to write to us and vent yourself.Â That

must have taken some stress of it all off your shoulders.Â We can truly be

outselves here, and I am happy we have that outlet.Â Everyone here knows

exactly what you are feeling and what you are dealing with on a daily basis.Â I

sure hope you find some good RX that will help you.Â Having daily pain is the

worst, and makes our lives so difficult.Â It does help to share your thoughts

and feelings with us.

One thing about our group, everyone really cares.Â I thank God that I found it,

and that everyone here is so nice and kind.

Â Â Â Â Â Wishing you pain free days ahead, and that you will feel better soon.

Hugs,

Â

Barbara

Â

September 2, 2010

Hello;

Thanks for writing back. I talked to my dr about my shoulder and had

him look at it. He started to move my arm around, put it in about 3

places, does this hurt, this, this, no it didn't, then he just got to

a slightly different spot and wow did that hurt. He said he thinks it

is a muscle impingement, but said you never know for sure what is

going on without surgery or a MRI. He said that we can try an

injection, PT, or meds and if it doesn't improve then we will do a

MRI.

I decided to try PT and see how it goes. He said that it should get

significantly better in 6 weeks with PT, but is likely to always be an

ongoing problem to some extent. I have a PT appointment in a week.

He said there isn't much that helps with the stiffness in the morning,

only stuff that would help with pain. I decide to wait and see how

this shoulder thing comes out before I decide on changing meds around.

I think if I can get into the habit of getting up and taking my AM

pills 1 hour before I actually get up for the day that the morning

will be much easier on me.

I'm a bit bummed out that he said that this shoulder condition, while

it should get better with treatment is likely a chronic condition that

I will always have to live with to some extent. Though it is good to

know that the pain can be managed.

Thanks,

> Â Â Â Â Â Wishing you pain free days ahead, and that you will feel better

soon.

> Hugs,

>

> Barbara

September 3, 2010

,Â Â I have found that soaking in a hot tub or even a hot shower really

helps me get going in the morning.Â Â Â My husband really laughs at me when it

is the the mid 90's or more as it has been this summer and I'm sitting in the

hot tub with sweat pouring but it really does help.Â Many mornings I do that

1st thing esp as the weather gets cooler,Â If i don't have time for a soak then

a good hot shower.Â Â With my shoulder while in the hot water I try to do

someÂ limited range of motion exercises and limber up so much quicker when

things are warm.hope you get to moving better.Â linda

From: Dolan <jamiedolan@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] What Next - Joint Problems

Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 9:27 PM