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So after more than three weeks suffering with REALLY BAD shoulder and arm pain (lately lots of pins and needles in arm) I called my doctor, who said if it was serious pain I should go to emergency, in case they wanted to take an x-ray. So I did. And at emergency they kept asking why I hadn’t gone to see my doctor. Whatever.
I got seen to and after a perfunctory examination was told I had “omalgia” (no attempt to discover the source), was given a sling and a jab in my bum (anti-inflammatory) and sent on my way with prescriptions for paracetamol, ibuprofen, omeprazol and diazepam.
Well fuck that shit. If I just wanted to be given a whack of drugs I would’ve gone to my doctor three weeks ago. Seriously… painkillers, anti-inflammatories, fucking valium and oh, a stomach protector?? Because my shoulder hurts. A lot. And no attempt to find out WHY it’s hurting so much? Fuck.
This first happened to me about two and a half years ago and my lovely friend Kate @sledpress sent me THE CANE which I’ve been using but, unlike last time, it’s just not doing the trick. Have also been using SPIKE, which Kate sent as a part of a birthday package ten years ago. My gosh, that girl has been looking after me for quite some time now! I don’t know why what worked before isn’t working now.
On the plus side I got in 10,000 steps by walking home from the hospital (luckily today it was a balmy 36º, tomorrow it goes back up to 42º). I lasted with the fucking sling for about 20 minutes before ripping it off my neck. And now I am back at home looking for ways to get better on my own. Emergency doc also told me not to do any exercise. This sucks.
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Had to look it up, but omalgia just means shoulder pain, which as a diagnosis of why your shoulder hurts…
Sounds like it could be tendonitis. Take the anti inflammatories and rest the arm as much as possible.
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Yes, doctor.
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Aaagh! Maybe time to look in more places than you already have because the shoulder is just SO FUCKING COMPLICATED.
Comes naturally to dig around the shoulderblade and trapezius, but make sure to investigate THE WHOLE COLLARBONE, the Bicep (stabilizes the joint in front and can get a lulu of a knot right where the muscle peaks), long head of the tricep (on the outer side of the back of the arm) and the WHOLE chest muscle.
Once again, no one really looked. And people CAN get arthritis, alas, as I can now testify with my fucking hips, but that deserves at least an X ray.
I wish I had a Rube Goldberg machine that would do nothing but kick doctors in the ass with a boot all day long.
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If it stays bad like this I’ll go see my doctor to see if he can set up an x-ray appointment. This just developed over one weekend and has been with me ever since.
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Hum, well that sounds more like a muscle that’s gone rogue and it may just be aggravating detective work. I got jacked in the hospital from not being able to move and having no ab competence, and it was the thin muscle that wraps around from the bottom of the shoulderblade, the serratus. What a bitch to get at. I’m thinking ice on the joint attachments if you haven’t tried that already.
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Oh wow. Can you make an appointment with a specialist? I hope you get better soon.
I went to an emergency room doctor after I fell hard (slipped on wax during Semana Santa). No X-ray. The doctor told me I had tendinitis, gave me a flimsy sling and some anti inflammatory medicine. Over the next week my arm was swollen and turned black and blue from shoulder to wrist. When I returned home two weeks later in pain (and still not able to lift my arm up waist level) I went to my doctor. He took an X-ray and it turns out my arm was broken! Luckily the delay in diagnosis didn’t impact my long term healing.
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OMG. First thing they asked me at the hospital is if I had fallen. I assume if I had then they would’ve taken an x-ray. Were you at a private hospital? They’re always cutting corners at those.
First time I sprained my ankle I didn’t go to the doctor and it healed on its own eventually. But the next time I sprained it I went to the hospital and the x-ray showed it wasn’t broken but that it HAD been broken previously (!!).
Lucky for you there was no permanent damage.
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