Shoulder separations M. -- MARK

January 5, 2004

And one little point from my experience, about performers and pain...when I

was still performing, I could perform in pain so bad I couldn't move once I

was

done.

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I second that!

I too " Performed " , if you call being super animated while lecturing to bored

and tired physicians to keep them with me, animation.

LOL!

At that time I was in pain pretty much all the time but one particular

evening as I was walking into the lecture hall I bent my ankle over so far that

my

leg bone was touching the floor. (totally ripped out all my surgeries)

We all have to admit that would hurt. It DID but I had a lecture to do so I

did it. During the lecture, except for not being able to be weight bearing, I

had relief from the horrible & ^%$##$@ pain from the injury. However, when

the physicians asked their final questions and walked out the door I got in my

car and drove 100 miles home. You know the syndrome... I don't want anyone to

know how hurt I am cuz it would look stupid. Therefor you do something really

stupid like trying to bear the pain for 2 hours all alone. The moment I got

home the pain was so intense, I feel to my knees and could not move from the

driveway. My neighbor got me up and in the house when he came home from work.

Also ... maybe I am a freak too but when I dislocated my shoulder for the

first time (actually tore it out of the socket) was when I was water-skiing. I

really didn't feel the pain right then, right after as I was crashing into the

water, and not even when the boat came back around to me and I was pulled into

the boat. The adrenaline from skiing (very much like performing) was still

very high. " are you OK? " typical question and my typical answer was " Yes, yes,

yes " It was not until I was safely in the doc that it hit me and I cold not

move for the pain. I had to be carried 22 steps up to the cabin (my poor

husband).

So... I agree with Mark.

I was not going to post this because everyone was saying how impossible it

would be for M. to dislocate and not look like he was in pain.

Can you dislocate and not have it super intense right at that moment?

It happened to me more than once.

Debbi

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