well, it has been almost 2 weeks since the injury to my arm, and i am still in pain. but now i at least know what is causing the pain. i thought i had dislocated my shoulder. nope. i have a tear in my rotator cup. oh joy!! upon researching this type of condition, i found out that 70% of americans over the age of 50 have it and most don't even know it. it can be caused by normal wear and tear over time, or repetitive movements over years. if there is some pain, most people consider it one of the signs of aging and they learn to live with it.......until bursitis rears its ugly head. there is little that can be done other than exercises to strengthen the muscles and ibuprofen to reduce the inflammation and kill the pain. so i bought stock in ibuprofen (just kidding). sleeping has been the biggest problem. i sleep on my right side most nights, and get a sounder sleep. now i cannot sleep on that side.................well, i can, but not without lots of motrin and pillows all around my arm. but after sleeping on my right side, i have pain when i get up for many hours. oh well..................i guess that is what you get for getting old.......sigh.
i have stopped feeding the wild bunch altogether. and they have moved on. mama kitty still comes around from time to time to check the bowl. i hated to do that, especially with winter coming on, but i had no choice. since the arm incident, it gets harder and harder to fix them something to eat (i usually prepare something instead of dishing out cat food) and when i do feed them, only one comes around and leaves food in the bowl and other critters come around to eat. i don't mind feeding the other critters, but i swear i smelled skunk musk the other night..............
2 comments:
Hope your injury heals soon.
Sorry to hear about your shoulder, I hope it is something that wont require surgery to repair. I understand that they can be quite painful.
Greg
Post a Comment