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Dragn, have you had a CT scan of that area?

No. When I went to the urgent care clinic doctor ordered MRI.

After getting that done at the hospital this past Thursday (week ago today) I stopped at ER to see of I could get something for pain that wouldn't constipate me. Tylenol 3 is what I was on but it didn't help pain and even with stool softeners I hadn't gone in two days. (Urgent care was closed by then).

Your pain description sounds exactly like my frozen shoulder....I’m not medical in any way, but that is how I described it to a T. Have you looked at that possibility?

I'm not sure. I can physically move my arm. Raise my hand above my head. But it hurts like hell when I do. Putting on a bra is a total bitch to do!!! Wh has helped with that.

I also get the stabbing/burning pain (top through to armpit, back of shoulder out to the front and from the outside of my arm into my shoulder) just when sitting or standing and not doing anything with the arm. Pain along left side of neck with a constant headache on left side of head. Pain in my upper arm to my elbow that goes into my hand with tingling and numbness in my ring and pinky finger when I bend my arm.

I called the doctors office back. The doctor cant suggest anything without seeing me first. Cannot refill any prescriptions for pain until Monday either since he wasnt the one to prescribe it. Their suggestion was to go back to urgent care here and see what if anything they can do. I kept the appointment for Monday but will go to urgent care tomorrow when they open.

Picking up a cup of coffee hurts and I was in tears just from.picking up a basket of laundry.

I am relieved it's not the rotator cuff. But it would be nice to know exactly what's broken so I can fix it.

I was going to say 'frozen shoulder' also. Fits the description. I had it for a couple of years and had to go on disability. No position was comfortable, nothing touched the stabbing flaming pain.

Had to stay away from computer work and do PT for a long time. The only thing that finally made it go away for good was a series of treatments by a very skilled acupuncturist. The last one hurt like hell and left bruises for weeks, but the condition has never come back.

It's called calcific tendinitis and was the result of an old injury that attracted a calcium deposit.

Hope you get some relief soon, this sucks!

So me being me looked up "Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy" and the term you listed and...they discuss x ray and ultrasound as diagnostic tools to confirm the condition.

My question is wouldn't the MRI have shown that as well?

I'll bring it up when I go to urgent care.

Also the doc office suggested taking Advil along with the morphine...I'm on Naproxen. Is adding more meds to the mix dangerous to my liver or kidneys? I've already been having issues with voiding...long before this fall and shoulder problem. And yes I'll tell the doctor lol.

Can you tell I'll let myself suffer until I just cant take it anymore to avoid doctors...

Naproxen is pretty hard on the gut, I wouldn't mix it with Advil.

It can also cause tinnitus if used for a long time, I attribute part of my hearing loss to having used a high dose for an extended period.

Good God, please, for the love of all that's holy, DO NOT MIX Advil and Naproxen!

They're both from the NSAID family and not only will that kill your gut, it will significantly increase the risk for bleeding disorders.

Also, they're hard on the kidneys.

You can take one or the other with the morphine, just not both.

You could also add in acetaminophen, just don't go above 3000mg a day. I take both acetaminophen and ibuprofen daily but I stagger them because neither covers me enough if I take at the same time.

Sometimes, Itasca matter of finding the right schedule that gives yoh the most relief.

Good God, please, for the love of all that's holy, DO NOT MIX Advil and Naproxen!

Ok. Glad I asked lol. Weird that it would be suggested when I told the doctors office what I was already taking.

When I spoke to the pharmacist he said they usually prescribe a stomach medication when giving such a high dose of Naproxen. Yesterday I had bad heartburn all day.

I've got a busy day ahead of me but all I want is to go back to bed.

I have a hypermobile shoulder that pops in and out of joint with ease - I started having some of the same issues you mentioned and thought for sure that it was my rotar cuff. Turns out the ligaments are stretched in my shoulder and it was all inflamed. They gave me a shot of cortisone and sent me to therapy. I'm now at about 80% being able to move it comfortably without pain...so ask the doc if they can at least give you a shot to help with the inflammation.

I'm putting off my christmas shopping until the weekend so I can head back to urgent care today and see if they can suggest something, anything. The pain right now isn't horrible. If I happen to move the wrong way I get pain that's a good 8 on the scale, but just sitting here its tolerable. My arm does ache and my neck and head hurt. Again for the moment its tolerable.

I had to call the pharmacy to refill WH medication and I asked about sending a request to my family doctor to refill the morphine even though it was the ER doc who prescribed it. they said they would. I'm doubtful he will do that though without seeing me first. Sucks having to wait until Monday to see him but it's better than waiting until after the holidays. If he doesnt refill it I'll ask at urgent care. I do still have the Tylenol 3 if all else fails. I'll just pick up a laxative or enema lol. Still night right in that department yet. (Sorry for tmi).

At this point, scary MRI or not, whatever they want to do to ease this pain I'm willing to do.

Update...

Never made it back to urgent care because Big D and I ended up paying a visit to the ER... kids.

Hes fine. Door vs middle finger...door won. No breaks. Just tore out the skin from under his nail which flapped onto the nail and had to be trimmed.

Family doctor filled the prescription renewal for the morphine when the pharmacy faxed a request. Managed to sleep ok all weekend.

I have just returned from seeing the family doctor and I'm hurting big time. He faxed an MRI form back to thr hospital for a neck scan this time. Yay...(being sarcastic lol)

He prescribed a new muscle relaxant since other one made me feel squirrelly. He also prescribed me Ativan for the MRI to be taken before I go.

Probably looking at a couple of weeks...especially with Christmas and New Years...

He believes it's a neck/cervical issue. Tush said that ages ago lol. Doc almost seemed annoyed the urgent care and er docs didn't look into a neck thing.

He wants me to get physio regardless. Problem is it isn't covered through Ohip and wH is looking into if its covered through work. If not...

Anyone have tips on what sort if things I should do at home to help this heal?

Wh is at work. We pick him up later and head into town to see Santa to get our family photo. Wh is going to have to drive because I have to take some morphine.

I just wanted to add that I'm scared.

Ya the MRI thing isn't making me happy but more that when I asked the doctor what is done for neck issues like this his response was "we usually use physical therapy for stuff like this". What happens if I cannot afford that.

This pain is all the time and its exhausting.

He did say that we need to see where the problem is and that's why he wants the MRI.

May I ask for some mojo or prayers for this one to show something...

Thank you!!!!

Even if you cant afford a series of physio treatments you can pull together the money for one visit and make H go with you to show him how to massage and manipulate the muscles to get then to calm down.

They will also give you exercises to do that you will need to do.

Also dont know much about Canandoan healthcare but once you rule out it's a non surgical issue go to a chiropractor if it's a covered treatment. They are truly miracle workers when it comes to cervical spine nerve issues. I dealt with a pinched nerve after having son because of how I held him to feed him then pissed it off with work with having to hold pressure on groins daily at work. I fought it for years. 4 visits to chiropractor and have never had the issue again and I would have numbness in my fingers and jolts of lightening when I would turn my head left. He gave me exercises and stretches to do and when it starts to tighten up I do them and it gets better.

Good luck. You will get this figured out.

I called to the nearest physics therapy clinic and they are booked until the end of January. She gave me other places to call that might have openings and said to wait until we find out from wh IF they have any benefits through work. He does not have anything other than prescription coverage.

Our provincial health care plan covers those 65 years and over Or 19 and younger and those on social assistance. I am not covered but the cost isn't horrible and the woman I spoke to said it's their goal to get you doing this treatment at home. So yes I could drag wh there and have him learn...(he did give me a "look" when I mentioned that to him...

Also dont know much about Canandoan healthcare but once you rule out it's a non surgical issue go to a chiropractor if it's a covered treatment

Ok you have sparked my curiosity. What possible surgical issue could this require?

I'm just curious. I'm not freaking out or anything. If I need surgery so be it. Anything not to be in this pain. Took a pill before we left to see santa and it hasn't touched this at all...

I was thinking that after the MRI I'll make an appointment to see the chiropractor. I already called them. Again sorta booked through the holidays and yes I have to pay but its again not unreasonable and I think it's the best route to take IF, as you say, there nothing surgical required.

HEY tush...no need to go into the surgical thing. I googled the term my doc wrote on the ex sheet for physio (cervical strain with radicular sx. Left shoulder strain)...and I got way more info than I care to know about lol

No more Google for me

As if the pain I'm in already on my left side isn't enough I decided to add a nice burn to the mix of stabbing aching pain.

Trying to get the Turkey out of the oven and my left arm didn't "lift" like the right and ended up touching the oven door. I nearly dropped the entire pan. Ouch ouch ouch!!!

Ate dinner with an ice pack on.

Damn Drgn, you have got to learn to ask for help.

Let's my arm is in pain and isn't working quite right..... Let's lift a hot heavy thing, what could go wrong....

I hope your burn isn't too bad, and that you have recovered. But seriously. Ask for help.

Wh was right there. I dont know why I didn't ask him to get it out of the oven. Then again he was sorta a pain when it came to getting dinner going, typical wh.

The area closer to my elbow is just all red. Further down the forearm theres a strip that blistered and broke but it's small.

Yesterday was a bad day for pain before the burn. Today it's the same so far. Hopefully I'll hear back about the next MRI appointment soon.

My doc prescribed Ativan for me to take. I guess he doesnt want me being sedated? He said to make sure wh drives me.

Other than all that my Christmas was awesome. I hope yours was too

Dragn you will find an answer. You aren't a quitter, that's for sure. Sorry you got burned. I'm glad you had a good Christmas.

..Hi Dragn

A slightly belated "Merry Christmas" to you and your family.

Hopefully all of your stomachs are saying..Please...no more!!!!

Good wishes sent your way for the arm to heal.

All the best for a happy and healthy 2020..

smy

Usually I would have just quit on anything to do with me. There are other medical things I think need to be addressed but having been brushed off by the medical professionals I just backed down and got into this depression that really I dont matter so why bother.

With the pain I'm in now I just cant suck it up. I've tried. For months. And it's taking a toll on me. I'm short tempered. The kids go to hug me or jump off the bus into my arms and I end up yelling at them because of the pain. This is not the mom I want to be.

I also cant work a farm like this. Well I can. I have been but damn it makes it harder and less enjoyable. I have so much work to do with MY horses and I've had to put that off. Daily brushing and getting them really used to be handled again after years of just being left to run 400acres wild. Its alot of work and time and training and I'm learning too. But the movement of just brushing hurts. Ugh!

And the scary part I hate to admit is that I like the pain meds. I dont want to take them because of the constipation problems and it takes more than what I'm supposed to take to get the pain dulled. But also once I take that second or third dose I like the numb feeling in my head. I like not caring about wh and what hes done or doing. It brings me back to my drinking days without the hangover and throwing up. Numbing more than just the physical pain.

So knowing this I NEED to get this figured out and fixed so I dont need the pain meds just to function physically.

(That was really hard to admit...)

somanyyears

A belated Merry Christmas to you too. Man I wish we could have all gotten together again for the holidays.

I need my SI g2g fix.

I'm surviving. Christmas number one was good. Kids are all happy. Big D got me the best gift. Earrings and necklace set from the school shopping spree. He really put alot of thought into it and hes only 5.

Wh isn't the gift buying type. So...ya nothing from him. He plans to get me "something" for our ukrainian christmas...most likely underwear... I'm buying myself a huge cast iron pan. Oh I cant wait for that pan lol

How was your Christmas?