I finally broke down and saw my Family Practice doctor about managing the pain in my arm with torn tendons, torn muscles and a torn rotator cuff.
He gave me a steroid shot in my shoulder and showed me exercises that I need to do to strengthen my arm. Twelve reps of each, three days a week.
I get to use weights and do exciting exercises such as: choo-choo-choo, rock the baby, play the flasher and finally play the chicken. There are also two exercises to do with a surgical tube attached to the door knob.
In ten days I am supposed to call to let him know if the pain level is decreasing. I'll let you know too.
Much to my surprise the doctor told me that I am really strong. This to the 60+ woman who is struggling to open jars.
Since Aleve causes me to throw up, he okayed taking Advil - three tablets - three times a day. He assured me that we would look at my kidneys in some later year. Sigh.
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