Re: Weight Loss Commitment-Pain in arm/shoulder

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In a message dated 6/7/2004 11:49:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

tearly6@... writes:

Sadly, it is very painful to use that arm, which makes even things like

unhooking my bra impossible

Hi Terry,

I don't know if I have the same thing wrong with my arm, but I have been

having problems with it.

Last fall, I was getting a box out from under the bed and I felt something

pull in my arm. It didn't bother me anymore until after Christmas. I would

wake up in the morning with it hurting and some days it would hurt all day.

Finally, I went to the doctor. She gave me Naproxen and told me if that didn't

help, she would give me the cortisone shot. I think using my arm, exercising it

did more good than the Naproxen. Still can't reach behind my back, but it is

getting better. I can unzip my skirt now. Almost can unhook my bra, so I'm

just hanging in there, hoping it will get better. Very seldom does it hurt

anymore in the mornings and never during the day.

Hope your arm will get better so you don't have to take the shots.

hugs

Eunice

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In a message dated 6/7/2004 12:47:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

tearly6@... writes:

How long has yours been out-of-whack?

Hi Terry,

My arm would hurt between the shoulder and elbow, though no problem moving

the elbow. One of the exercises my doctor told me to do was " walk up the wall

with my fingers as far as I could go " .

The pain started sometime in January. It was worse in Jan/Feb, then started

getting better. I have 2 friends that have the same problem. I have read

somewhere that this can be caused by diabetes and it can take several months to

heal. Both of my friends have diabetes. Geneva did get the cortizone shot.

It helped for a few days, then the pain was back.

hugs

Eunice

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ERWachter@A... wrote:

> I think using my arm, exercising it

> did more good than the Naproxen.

> Hope your arm will get better so you don't have to take the shots.

Thanks!

He did tell me that I could begin light exercise when he gives me an

okay.

The bursa is in the shoulder, where the bones come together. It is

like a little pad that keeps them from bumping into each other, if

that makes sense. It is moving the upper arm that is difficult.

Bending the elbow is no problem.

I hate stuff like this!

How long has yours been out-of-whack?

Terry Lawler Early

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Eunice,

I have had lots of trouble with my right arm for 2-3 years. A MRI

last year showed a torn rotator cuff. It does get a lot better and

then will return. Sometimes it actually hurts more when I am in bed

than any other time. My husband appears to have the same thing but

hasn't been to the doctor. They wanted to give me a shot but I

turned it down. Sometimes they help and sometimes they don't. Right

now it is much better. The doctor says that at any time, it could

completely tear into. A friend is doing upper body exercise with 5

lb weights and she says hers is healing up but she is working with a

good trainer at the YMCA.

Joyce

> In a message dated 6/7/2004 11:49:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> tearly6@j... writes:

> Sadly, it is very painful to use that arm, which makes even things

like

> unhooking my bra impossible

>

> Hi Terry,

> I don't know if I have the same thing wrong with my arm, but I have

been

> having problems with it.