The surgeon finally checked my whole arm today. Got x-rays and all. I have a tendinitis in my elbow, calcium stuck in my shoulder and a slight separation in my thumb bones. I'll be on physical and occupational therapy for 9 weeks to see if there's progress.

If not, they'll have to do surgery on the shoulder... I'm also taking opioids for the pain. Yeah, it gets really bad. Thankfully the doc thinks isn't a bad case and surgery shouldn't be needed.

I start work in 2 weeks, and I have pulling movements from up to down prohibited. But with this medication I feel like I can be normal again after MONTHS

I hope the therapy works, and works well!

ooof

diagnosis is almost half the battle tho so hopefully therapy pans out

thank u guys, yeah i hope this goes somewhere. I start my therapy tomorrow

the opioids are making me terribly sleepy tho but its the first time in years i feel total pain relief

yeah as someone who was unresponsive to codeine, sleepy is preferable to "doesn't work" still rough to work with though