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MRI results tomorrow
« on: April 13, 2009, 08:25:47 PM »
Tomorrow morning I will be seeing the orthopedic to see what the results of the MRI on my right shoulder are.  I have been suffering for a few months now with pain.  It has increased quite a bit in a short time.  I have lost 80% of the range of motion.  I need help with almost everything I do now.  I wake up every night, everytime I move, in agony.  Sometimes I roll over while still half asleep and it feels like my shoulder moved with me but not my arm.  During the day, if I reach for something too quickly, it can drop me to my knees it hurts so badly.  I am experiencing weakness in my arm so much so that lifting a fork to my mouth is difficult.  I get numbness at times and I also get stabbing pains up and down my arm. 
The doctor said that I will more than likely need surgery.  I'm afraid to have it.  I'm afraid to not have it.  I can't imagine having this pain for much longer.  It gets me quite depressed at times.  It gets me angry sometimes too when I can't do things. 
I wish I could just go tomorrow and get it all over with but I know that no matter what, it will be a long time before I'm back to normal. 
I just want to quit hurting.    :\\\'(
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Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2009, 08:30:49 PM »
Aww, hang in there. Pain just sucks.  (((((((hugs)))))))   

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Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2009, 12:00:27 PM »
Good luck!! I hope they can figure out what's wrong, and what to do next, so you can move on (and your arm!).
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Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2009, 12:32:30 PM »
Thanks alot.  Just got back from the doctors.  Looks like it's gonna be surgery for sure.  I have a torn tendon.  I have about a 6 week wait before they can do the surgery and after that it will be up to three months of intense therepy and heavy pain meds.  So a few more months of pain. 
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Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2009, 01:18:23 PM »
Oh no.   That sounds awful  :(

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Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2009, 01:38:32 PM »
I'm sorry you are hurting so badly. There isn't much you can do for that type of pain, either, is there?  :-\\\\ It sounds like a long road ahead, but at least now you know what is causing it and you can hope for the future when the pain finally stops. Good luck!  [smiley=hug.gif]


Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2009, 10:07:42 PM »
Sorry to hear its a torn tendon, but at least now that they know what it is and what your treatment will be you can concentrate on each hurdle and count down the days to getting back to a healthy, pain free life!   ;D


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Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2009, 10:32:50 PM »
Pain is no fun --- thank goodness they found out what's wrong.  Now it's time to mend and heal.  Sending pain free and speedy recovery wishes out your way.
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Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2009, 11:05:04 PM »
Thanks for the wishes everyone.   :)  Still waiting to hear when I can have the surgery. Meanwhile I'm torn between being groggy with pain pills or being alert but in pain. No fun either way.  As I have not yet received my FLR, I don't have to worry about working like this.  I guess every cloud has a silver lining.
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Re: MRI results tomorrow
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2009, 11:28:26 PM »
Its the weekend - take the pills.   ;)  Unless you're wanting to go somewhere...   :-\\\\

At least you know for sure what you're expecting with your surgery.  I wish my Drs would've done an MRI when they operated on my hip 8 years ago instead of just X-rays.   :P  They scared the bejesus out of my parents when they ran out with consent forms to sign asking to take photos of my surgery (first documented case of its kind) because it wasn't anything like what they were expecting to find & do.   ::)


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