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Posted 2/2/2007 12:40 PM (GMT 0)
hey guys, i have noticed just this past week how painful it is for me to reach into my dryer, turn off my alarm clock, getting dressed, or putting on my coat etc..  my shoulder has just been aching tons only left side- not both. 

 

 well this morning when i tried to turn off the alarm it hurt so bad i did a range of motion test on my left shoulder and noted a Significant loss in abduction. thats lifting my arm up outward from the side. i can flex normally? straight in front but not abduct.  and now after trying so hard my forearm is in a tizzy..... but this all happened fast not gradual?

 

my next appointment isnt til mid march. should i phone him sooner or not.  i didnt phone when i noticed the tasks were painful.  kept thinking it would go away.  now with noted decrease in ROM i am confused. 

 

has this happened to anyone else? 

 

i dont have OA to my knowledge ?

 

any input Greatly appreciated.  hugs yalinda

Posted 2/2/2007 8:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hey girl.. you know, I KNOW I replied to this thread this morning and now it's not here.. hhhmm tha's a mystery... anyways - YES you need to call your doc and tell them.. if anything, maybe he can do a phone consult? Or send you to a Physical Therapist? How are you doing today?
Posted 2/2/2007 8:16 PM (GMT 0)
Sounds like a tear in the rotator cuff. You might be able to get your GP to take a look at this. It could also be related to disc issues so I would contact your doc soon and not wait to see if it is going to go away.

Theresa
Posted 2/3/2007 1:22 AM (GMT 0)
thanks guys for the reply  tongue ... i phoned and he told me to go back on prednisone skull ... i was fighting it at first but them he said if it is caused by inflammation it will help and if not i may have a tear in my rotator cuff?  how? i do not know?

 

so since i have been in so much pain i agreed and am back on the pred  skull   short term i hope. 

 

lata.....

Posted 2/3/2007 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
sad  aaahBOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! sad pooey! man does that STINK!

what it sounds like to me??????? it sounds as though you injured your shoulder joint.

this might be from "injury" like overuse.  like you mos tlikely already know...with RA there is a higher than norm risk of joint injury from normal activity.   So you might have done a household task and pehaps did an "overuse" joint injury that made it flare up.

 

a film of the that area wouldn't be a bad idea...like the above mentioned rotator injury...or muscle/tendon/ligament.

 

especially since you really REALLY don't wanna go on pred...if i were your doc, i would have suggested a film to look at the area first before just pawning you off on prenisone (which i'm finding is an easy-way-out-answer for docs nowadays)

oy!  i know you must be P.O.d about this

{{{{{{{{{{ big hug }}}}}}}}}}}}

Posted 2/3/2007 9:20 PM (GMT 0)
u know i think i know what i did! one day i had to plow the dang driveway to get out and the dang thing ran out of gas at the end , of course, of the driveway and i had to drag the machine back to my garage!!!!!!!!!! hello! i bet that fight injured me! i am not certain as to the day it happened i will have to think hard but if that is it then ok mystery solved. i strained or tore something in my shoulder, my chest has been sore too and i thought it was hormones lol~ but maybe it is this episode? but now i need to know treatment as i hurt! well when i return follow up call to doctor i will mention this and we will see what happens then? i just cant remember the day.... hubby might know?

now do i stop the pred? ? ? ?
Posted 2/3/2007 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
That's great.. you may have figured out the culprit! Call your doc and see what they say about stopping the prednisone.. how much have you taken so far?
Posted 2/4/2007 2:20 AM (GMT 0)
nope hubby days i am wrong! but ithinki still did something stupid like shampoo carpets or something........ idn, i am always trying to keep moving and i comprimise with the joint limitations so who knows what i did or how! lol

i'll be plowing agin if this keeps up here it is a BLIZZARD here!!!!!!!!!!!!! cant see across the street! let alone the end of the driveway ugh
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