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After that mostly useless visit to Emergency on Monday I have come up with THIS. I mean, the sling may be an option when I am out and about, which is hardly ever, but I just can’t at home otherwise I wouldn’t be able to do anything. And I’m not about to take four different drugs either, including a version of valium. Not so keen on masking the problem as I am getting to the source of it. And I mean, the doctor who prescribed all this stuff didn’t even ask if I was on any other medication, had allergies, etc. WTF.
And so, after changing the height of my desk chair over the past few weeks (nuthin) and since my arm and shoulder mostly hurt when the arm is unsupported, I have devised this method of keeping the arm supported while working at my desk, using a rolled-up towel and some duct tape (and with Morcilla supervising). It’ll take a couple of days to see if this helps, but already I can feel that it gives a me a break as the arm can actually rest on the newly elevated arm rest.
The only time I am pain-free is when I am sitting in my comfy chair, I think because the arm rests are just the right height and so both my upper back and arms are supported. It also helps if you have an extremely cute cat on your lap. Anyhow, wish me luck. Hope this is going to help.
Be really careful, don’t let it get worse (like for me). It’s gotten to the point where I don’t even trust using my left arm anymore to do anything above shoulder height.
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It’s weird because I can raise my arm no problem, and up until Monday I was doing my routine with hand weights. I thought I was at least keeping things flexible but the doctor told me to stop. It mostly hurts when I’m not doing anything.
Looking back at old posts (you see this blog does have its uses!) it seems last time I had it this bad it lasted for a couple of months. Really not sure what to do next.
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You need to impress on your docs that you think there’s some inflammation that’s causing impinging — since you are having non-motion discomfort *and* pins-and needles stuff. It may just be a joint inflammation issue but that needs to be sorted before it scrolls towards a joint-death issue, muscle atrophy causing structural weakness, etc. The deltoid is a big muscle and if there’s too much atrophy of it and other shoulder-area muscles it could really cause massive joint issues as the support for it diminishes. Basically — push your docs to figure it out before it deteriorates!
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