AuburnChick's Adventures

Do you remember the movie, Remember the Titans, which has the famous line, “Left Side, Strong Side”?

Yeah, that’s not a quote I can use when referring to my bum shoulders.

This is me – a few days ago.

Because the camera reverses things, the “right” arm in the photo is actually my left, which I cannot pull up nor straighten fully.

We aren’t sure if that’s due to my labrum repair or the fact that I haven’t regained strength and mobility on that side yet.

Hence – not the strong side.

This shoulder thing is literally a pain to deal with.

I’ll have a couple of good days or even a good week before having a few bad days of discomfort and tightness.

Yesterday morning, during PT, the therapist opted not do stretch out my arm like he usually does because I was so tight and sore from the past two days.

I did, however, get to do some band work.

I also had an appointment with my orthopedic surgeon yesterday to discuss getting an MRI on the right shoulder. I hurt it the same time as the left one, but we didn’t address it because the left was so much worse.

It’s time. Between my visit with him last week (to follow up on the left side) and this week, the right shoulder has worsened a lot.

I despise this with every fiber of my being. I prefer living life on the down low, so the extra attention is not making me happy at all.

Per protocol, he did an x-ray, which only showed some AC joint narrowing – common in people who work out.

I kind of giggled when he said that because it’s been months since I’ve been able to lift weights.

I also passed the manual manipulation tests, with him declaring this arm much stronger than the left one had been back in October.

He mentioned bursitis, but he opted not to give me a steroid shot since it would only mask any symptoms. I’d had a shot in my left shoulder on October, and it didn’t help at all.

Y’all, this is the same thing that happened back then. My body lines to pretend it’s okay when it’s really not.

So, the plan is to get an MRI, see what’s really happening under the surface, and go from there.

If I did, indeed, tear anything on the right side, I’ll pray about surgery. I feel like I need to address it so it doesn’t get worse (PT obviously hasn’t helped since I’ve been doing it since December). Plus, my job gets super, super busy again in July, so I’d really like to get this thing taken care of and move on.

It’s time to queue up “Here I Go Again.” I feel like I’m going down the only road I’ve ever known at least I’m not a drifter born to walk alone, because I have a wonderful support system backing me up each step of the way.

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