[TheForge] shoulder pain OT

[Justin Fellenz]

To this discussion of age and infirmity I'd like to inject this bit of
sunshine:

My mom has an aunt who in her mid-70's was diagnosed with brain cancer.
The waiting game began and we all feared the worst for the ordeal she
would have to endure. But as the tumor grew it bore on a part of her
brain that either stimulate pleasure centers or suppresed discomfort
and unhappiness--whatever it was, with a tumor in her head the size of
a balcksmith's fist she is blind on one side and mostly paralyzed but
quite lucid and consistently, upliftingly, centered, content, and
happy. She knows she's dying and she's fine with it. She's not blissed
out and she's not just a well-settled soul--the tumor is doing it and
she's aware and happy. So are we.

So sometimes, just sometimes, people get lucky. Would we all could have
the same good fortune.

JRF
--- JOHN CHOBRDA <jchob at verizon.net> wrote:

> 	I've been troubled with increasing shoulder pain over the last few
> years, first while moving, later just sitting still. After seeing a
> few
> orthopedic surgeons and several x-rays and an MRI I was told I had
> multiple
> rotator cuff tears and very bad arthritis. Tried physical therapy and
> a
> chiropractor nothing helped. Finally seven months ago I had a total
> shoulder
> replacement, the post op. physical therapy was very painful, but I
> now have
> a greater range of motion than before and the constant pain is GONE.
> My
> advise is exercise all your options and choose surgery only as a last
> resort, there are a lot of things that can go wrong. Doctor says it
> will
> still be 5 or 6 months before I can hammer again, and never
> aggressively
> with a heavy hammer.
> 
> John C.
> 
> P.S. If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken
> better care
> of myself.
> 
> JC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Schade
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:08 AM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: [TheForge] shoulder pain OT
> 
> 
> I got a new chainsaw last month and must have overdid it.
> My left shoulder hurts. I can't sleep on it and raising my
> arm is painful. I think it might be a rotator cuff  injury.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this? Are
> there exercises I could do?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bob
> 
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