Some news

For all of you who have followed my "saga", I wanted to provide an update
for anyone interested. DH called me this evening, early. He said he saw the
orthopedist this afternoon and the doctor diagnosed the problem as an
inflammation of the tendon. He took an x-ray which he said showed nothing.
He ordered physical therapy for four weeks. If that doesn't help, he wants
DH back in his office. There's a PT office a couple of blocks from where he
works, so he'll probably go there. I talked to someone a few days ago who
had a shoulder injury which sounds like it was the same thing. She went to
PT and said it really helped.

The doctor also told him the thing to do here is to "push it" rather than
baby it...meaning, working it will help it more than resting it
continuously.

So we'll see, I guess. The bad news is, he's swamped at work again today and
said it will be another late night. In fact, he advised me not to wait up
for him. I'd suspect another woman if I didn't know better. Unfortunately, I
do know better. I say unfortunately because at this point, I almost think
another woman would be the preferrable reason.

And so it goes.

Kimmy

"HotFlashesColdTears" <kimstar2856@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> DH called me this evening, early. He said he saw the
> orthopedist this afternoon and the doctor diagnosed the problem as an
> inflammation of the tendon. He took an x-ray which he said showed
> nothing. He ordered physical therapy for four weeks.

This is excellent news - maybe when he feels better all your troubles
will evaporate. (Hope so, anyhoo.)

Chak

--
If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
--Tallulah Bankhead

"HotFlashesColdTears" <kimstar2856@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> For all of you who have followed my "saga", I wanted to provide an update
> for anyone interested. DH called me this evening, early. He said he saw
> the orthopedist this afternoon and the doctor diagnosed the problem as an
> inflammation of the tendon. He took an x-ray which he said showed nothing.
> He ordered physical therapy for four weeks. If that doesn't help, he wants
> DH back in his office. There's a PT office a couple of blocks from where
> he works, so he'll probably go there. I talked to someone a few days ago
> who had a shoulder injury which sounds like it was the same thing. She
> went to PT and said it really helped.
>
> The doctor also told him the thing to do here is to "push it" rather than
> baby it...meaning, working it will help it more than resting it
> continuously.
>
> So we'll see, I guess. The bad news is, he's swamped at work again today
> and said it will be another late night. In fact, he advised me not to wait
> up for him. I'd suspect another woman if I didn't know better.
> Unfortunately, I do know better. I say unfortunately because at this
> point, I almost think another woman would be the preferrable reason.
>
> And so it goes.

Well, that's mixed news, good and bad, at best, I guess. *You* sound good
though, Kimmy, and that's the important thing for now :-)

That's interesting that the doctor would say to work the tendon instead of
rest it. I'd be interested to hear more of that rationale, having had a lot
of joint trouble in my life. It seems like there's some mix of RICE and
increasing blood flow that I have to achieve to speed my improvement any.
The increase in blood flow may be the reason for working it. I wonder.

ep

"Edna Pearl" wrote:
> Well, that's mixed news, good and bad, at best, I guess. *You* sound
good
> though, Kimmy, and that's the important thing for now :-)

Oh yeah? I didn't know I sound good. I'll take your word for it, though.

> That's interesting that the doctor would say to work the tendon instead of
> rest it. I'd be interested to hear more of that rationale, having had a
> lot of joint trouble in my life. It seems like there's some mix of RICE
> and increasing blood flow that I have to achieve to speed my improvement
> any. The increase in blood flow may be the reason for working it. I
> wonder.

Yeah, I wonder myself. I've had joint injury in the past (in addition to
back sprain once) and I was told to rest it too. I'd also be interested to
hear the doctor's rationale behind that recommendation. It was a brief
conversaation, so if there was any more to it, I don't know. I'll ask DH
when I see him (when ever that is) to see if the doctor explained why. If he
did, I'll post again to let you know.

I don't know what "work it" means. It's hard to imagine how DH will do that.
His pain is so intense when the shoulder gets jostled a certain way, it's
unfathomable how he could endure deliberately stressing it. A few nights
ago, he tripped on something left on the bedroom floor when he was returning
to the bed from the bathroom in the middle of the night. He didn't fall, but
he stumbled and the sudden movement had him scream in pain. He was hurting
so bad, he started crying and sat on the bed. I was really concerned about
him. I think that moment was the major impetus for him making the
appointment. That and maybe me complaining about his unwillingness to dance
w/ me.

Maybe it's worrying him more than he lets on that I danced with 4 men on New
Year's and obviously enjoyed myself so much. Whatever works.

Kimmy

Edna Pearl wrote:
> "HotFlashesColdTears" <kimstar2856@yahoo.com> wrote
> >
> > The doctor also told him the thing to do here is to "push it" rather than
> > baby it...meaning, working it will help it more than resting it
> > continuously.
> >
>
> That's interesting that the doctor would say to work the tendon instead of
> rest it. I'd be interested to hear more of that rationale, having had a lot
> of joint trouble in my life. It seems like there's some mix of RICE and
> increasing blood flow that I have to achieve to speed my improvement any.
> The increase in blood flow may be the reason for working it. I wonder.

I'm no physiotherapist, and I wonder too. BUT my sister just had a
terrible round with what is thought to be a virus that left her with
painful hips and knees and arms that wouldn't rise much above her
waist. Her doctor told her to walk, walk, walk, and to push the use of
her arms to the limit she could stand. She had little choice if she
wanted to get anywhere or even get dressed. She asked him why she
should push it when it is so painful and he warned of developing
"frozen shoulder" which is particularly difficult to recover from.

She has begun physiotherapy the past couple of weeks and the therapist
has her in real pain with the manipulations.....and each time she has a
larger range of movement (painless) than she did when she walked in.
She looks forward to the ordeal each time now!

It is perhaps counter-intuitive but it seems to work, at least in my
sister's case.

JustGB

"HotFlashesColdTears" wrote:

> "Edna Pearl" wrote:
>> That's interesting that the doctor would say to work the tendon instead
>> of rest it. I'd be interested to hear more of that rationale, having had
>> a lot of joint trouble in my life. It seems like there's some mix of
>> RICE and increasing blood flow that I have to achieve to speed my
>> improvement any. The increase in blood flow may be the reason for working
>> it. I wonder.
>
> Yeah, I wonder myself. I've had joint injury in the past (in addition to
> back sprain once) and I was told to rest it too. I'd also be interested to
> hear the doctor's rationale behind that recommendation. It was a brief
> conversaation, so if there was any more to it, I don't know. I'll ask DH
> when I see him (when ever that is) to see if the doctor explained why. If
> he did, I'll post again to let you know.

Replying to my own post to update: I talked to DH this morning (briefly--we
were like two ships passing in the morning) and asked him the question. He
said the doctor told him DH has already lost considerable range of motion
and if he has any hope of regaining it, he has to start pushing the joint to
work. I guess that's the reason for the PT.

Kimmy

"HotFlashesColdTears" <kimstar2856@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Replying to my own post to update: I talked to DH this morning
> (briefly--we were like two ships passing in the morning) and asked him the
> question. He said the doctor told him DH has already lost considerable
> range of motion and if he has any hope of regaining it, he has to start
> pushing the joint to work. I guess that's the reason for the PT.

Ah. Makes total sense. Thanks for posting.

ep

"JustGB" <gettingbttr@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> She has begun physiotherapy the past couple of weeks and the therapist
> has her in real pain with the manipulations.....and each time she has a
> larger range of movement (painless) than she did when she walked in.
> She looks forward to the ordeal each time now!
>
> It is perhaps counter-intuitive but it seems to work, at least in my
> sister's case.

Yup, this jives with what Kimmy explained. Range-of-motion. Thanks, y'all,
I learned something today.

ep

HotFlashesColdTears wrote:

> For all of you who have followed my "saga", I wanted to provide an update
> for anyone interested.

Yep, I'm interested! Stumbled upon this newsgroup after you posted to
the other a.s.m newsgroup :-)

> He ordered physical therapy for four weeks.

I hope that's all he needs because if he has to have an op..it's a much
longer, more agonising process i think.

> meaning, working it will help it more than resting it continuously.

Really, is that due to arthritic pain? With arthritis people often get
told to 'move more'...has he tried fish oil (for inflammation) and
molybdenum capsules (joint pain) ?

>I say unfortunately because at this point, I almost think another woman would be the preferrable reason.

I'm incensed by this Kim. Why on <earth> would another woman almost be
the "preferrable reason"?

Temily