Reply #76 October 15, 2004 12:55 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

worse thus pm, but went to PT and much exerciser to limits. at pt discussed inflamation, specifcally bursitus targeted problem areas, and help with explaining relation of body parts with activities and stresses. Noted for Pt'er that knee/leg is now exibiting symptom; That improvement in pain worse than last week. strategy isto keep inflamation at bay through mutliple intervening drug and physical therapy methods, to get the muscles prepared for the next phase (get past the paresthesia?) and get strength back. I think the info was 3-4 weeks to start phase I, and strengthening improvement after that.
e.g. to build the structures that will limit the physical causes of inflamation. We also discussed other possibile causes of inflamation - polerization effects and damage to the mylen, other additions to the anti-inflamatory goals such as the present drug therapy and nutrient supplement. Seems to be agreed that some possible damage would take much time to heal - specifically if mylen or vascular damage occured in conjunction with physical damage. Right now much pain (already taken my neurotin) above shoulder, and some muscle soreness which I thing pedestrian wrt PT. What worries me the most is that the knee/leg symptoms are returning - pain, limp and favoring one side.



14th pm here just past time demark

Reply #77 October 17, 2004 10:25 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Friday I was pretty worn and tired. got some good sleep and felt pretty good saturday : woke up with soreness in arm and leg, but it felt better after my meds.. Sunday was about the same except got more sore after chores and PT exercises. I guess that's to be expected. PM now and some creeping twinge over my shoulder but better than friday.

Reply #78 October 17, 2004 10:35 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Also no info on the finger warts which showed up shortly after shock.

Reply #79 October 18, 2004 7:30 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

sore but more tired perhaps this am. but worse thru the day. Had one of those ouchees in shoulder socket while carrying tape case.. I can train myself to avoid many of the bad positions, but carrying deadweight sometimes unavoidable. T^his case doesn't weight that much, so the angle must be involved, obviously. The knee is feeling tired right now, but better than after the last week or the week before. All the same symptoms and location here, back right under side of joint. had a few traces pains in shoulder tonite, but not like the owwee; Still, it doesn't instill in me a lot of confidence that if I do dishes or vacume, or other stuff I should do that it won't have detrimental impact later. I'm doing my P.T. and the rest will wait.

Reply #80 October 20, 2004 10:55 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Seems more stiff and sore this am, but progressivly worse during day. pm very tired in arm getting pain which is like a major sore in addition to the pain, it is starting to creep up my shooulder and neck which seem partial muscular and partial the bursa issue which feels like a football now. .

Reply #81 October 21, 2004 6:51 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

hurting and sore this AM. Iced down after exercises last nite. More like it was weeks ago.

Reply #82 October 23, 2004 2:17 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Woke up with an nasty ache. got better with time, got moving around and took my meds. now it's just a small ache.

Reply #83 October 23, 2004 6:24 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

7pm now, and it feels worse. going to drudge thru my therapy and ice it.

Reply #84 October 23, 2004 9:37 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

worse now, taking otc nsaid.

Reply #85 October 26, 2004 6:39 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Hurts pretty good after todays PT. They found a big knot in an unusual place. (the knot and spasms in places other than the bursa, and the pain and weakness behind my knee indicate to me that there is still something going on other than the simple mechanical issue).

Reply #86 October 30, 2004 10:56 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

No entries while I was out of town. A couple of long days requiring rescheduling of my P.T.. Started to notice myself limping after a few days cabling; Pain progressively worse with each day with the physical stuff, but using the ROM achieved so far and that may be a good thing. Pain stretching up and over the middle of shoulder is less, but still get it on the back outside of shoulder and across the outside of joint. Soreness is all over joint and more muscle soreness down arm, and some in left knee as stated before, and moving down to elbow as well; Less than I feel in my arm, but I even feel that the swelling is affecting my left hand. P.T. on friday revealed lots of knots through arm and shoulder, and some other physical anomoly (a "fatty cyst" over my shoulder blade). Unsteady on some of the routines which I normally do. It was recommended that I find a "management" role that would be less physical! Today wasn't much better. Sore upon waking, a little better with med afer eating, then worse again. I've got the ache in down my arm and in my elbow and at the left front of knee.

Reply #87 November 2, 2004 12:02 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

Long day; A bit sore, and perhap a bit stiff because it's hard to do my stretches and exercises in the middle of an almost 12 hour day (with no meal or down time, because there is no time)...

Reply #88 November 4, 2004 12:03 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

sore in arm and down to my elbow. some in the left leg around knee.

Reply #89 November 4, 2004 7:13 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

last entry was 11/3, I fell asleep and didn't hit the post button (oops).
Thurs AM is the same

Reply #90 November 5, 2004 9:03 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

Iced down some more after pt last night. I've got some residual pain from the the long week, but have only had a couple of real ouches in the socket area. I have had sore muscle pain and some weakness, a couple of spasms in the arm. The pain spikes and spasms seem to be going away faster than before, still getting the sore pain which doesn't go away; Now seems like a combination of the deep and facia, but the latter may just be a result of the pt. The shoulder and upper arm is worse in combination, the deeper continuous ache is what I feel most in elbow and knee. I can deal with the step back, to achieve two steps forward; But I'm not so keen on a two steps forward, three steps back scenario - It seems like I've done that before. So, to summarize, I'm still waking and having pain throughout the day, some ups and down, but that is the situation which needs to be addressed and has correlation and causality resulting from my workplace injury.

Reply #91 November 9, 2004 5:12 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

ow, pain, helllp. 415am and spasm. Somebody please help.

Reply #92 November 10, 2004 10:05 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

pm now after out of town for two job, aches a lot. shoulder has ache, but not the sharp pain of a month ago. knee is painful in back left, like a ruber band that is twisting in side. it's all worse than this morning and and in the past few weeks. down my arm and into my elbow shows the worse pain. had some things in my elbow I haven't felt in a while, it seems to connect from back of arm/shoulder to elbow and burns and sometimes spikes with specificic areas. I've got these pinted areas where it hurts most, back upper outside of elbow joint, . It's more than what it appears, perhaps I over did it in thereapy and with work the last few days:( But why is the pain and weaknes in my arm and leg pain like my my initial symptiomsof months ago?). It was suggested at last PT that I consider another cortisone shot to get some reduction in inflamation, it's the only thing that has seemed to work from my point of view. I find myself limping around ion the leg a lot lately. with all these issues and no answers, it its difficult.

Reply #93 November 17, 2004 11:59 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Today was a bruiser. Hurts much more now than last nite.
I hate it when things go downhill. It must be the heavy lifting in bad positions and such that aggravates my condition, I've gotten the same thing in PT when overdoing it. From the looks of it I won't be getting to PT anymore without additonal referals as a requirement. Checking up on my followups and such, but seems likely that I'll have to just live in pain every day

Reply #94 November 19, 2004 5:17 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

woke up about 3am in pain, now abou 5 and trying to get back sleep. sharp pain in elbow is not there, but pain is running down my arm in into my wrist now. ROM not so bad, but pain persists.

Reply #95 November 23, 2004 8:41 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

shoulder aches quite a bit, some pain in elbow. Dr. Hoffman suspects I have tear in my rotator cuff, he has a plan to find out and fix it. My leg around knee hurts almost all the time now, but not like the arm does.

Reply #96 November 28, 2004 4:34 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

420Am roll around while in bed ow ow. I awake now.

Reply #97 December 2, 2004 5:37 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

Sore today, hurts more. pain stretching in from outer part of shoulder and starting to work up and over.

Reply #98 December 2, 2004 7:52 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Hurts more in shoulder than last nite. starting to creep over the shoulder. knee is worse than the last few weeks , hurting every day and worse with use every day ; The irritation inlower left limb is almost continuous now, and I am favoring it more and more ( this is bad sign for me, because I can imagine this leading to balance problems ]physically] and even causing lower back problems). Taking full dose of meds now, and occasional over dose of Neurotin (600 to 1200 mg Neurotin). Adding ibuprofin as neccessary and apropriate, which I am tonight. 3 x 200mg so far. I DON'T LIKE LIMPING AROUND. Sceduled PT this week, per Dr, but was unable (Mon, take off early because a few day of extended hours expected, but no time to schedule; tues schedule full, but then changed - worked past five; Wed.s techical problem, worked into the evening; Thurs, same as tuesday [6 service/admin events in the field ). I'm cooking dinner and limping around now..

Reply #99 December 2, 2004 10:53 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

ow ow ow, I putting ice on. need help.

Reply #100 December 3, 2004 11:45 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

hurts like crazy now. hurt like was six or eight weeks ago - my condition is going backwards - I can see how my weekend is going to be.