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Hi everyone-
I thank you all so much for your concern. I am actually touched by it. I was so out of it yesterday due to all the crying in the doctors office and all the heavy duty meds he gave me that I couldn't get on here to update you about my doctor visit with the shoulder specialist.
My shoulder was so bad going into the doctor's office. He went to touch it once and the nerves in my shoulder were so inflamed it went crazy and I started crying hysterically. He couldn't beleive I didn't even drive myself to the ER during the week he said it was that bad. He couldn't even examine my neck/shoulders properly so I am going back to his office this Wednesday once the medication kicks in. He did give me an x-ray and he ruled out that my shoulder was dislocated. He believes it is a bundle of pinched nerves coming off of the neck that are completely inflamed and that's why they are giving me electrical shocks. Remember, my neck collapsed 3 weeks after my surgery in June so all the muscles and nerves in my neck were thrown off and overly stretched out. He gave me the following meds: Prednisone (have to take 10 pills for the first 2 days!! and then reduce by 1 pill until day 11), flexeril 3 times a day, and oxycodone 4-6 times a day). I've been on prednisone before, last summer, and it literally made me crazy and emotional so i'm scared to see what happens to me this time! It is a high dosage that I am taking. He told me it may cause stomach pain, and so of course, in the middle of the night, I woke up from 2am-4am with shooting pain in my stomach bent over in half. Prednisone is the worst medicine ever. Those of you who have taken it before probably know. BUt I have no choice. I just want to get the inflamation out of my shoulder. So he can't really diagnose what's going on with my shoulder until Wed. He did notice it dropped about 4 inches as compared to the other shoulder, and it totally atrophied. And he said this problem is probably coming from nerves from my neck (same thing as Melissa on this forum).
That's all that I have to report today. The pain is still excrutiating, but I can tell the meds are working alittle. He said the meds may not even work and to go to the ER if I needed to over the weekend.
He actually told me to go back to my chiropractor, who has greatly helped my neck in the past whenever I had a pinched nerve. He said it won't affect my back at all, and to make sure the chiropractor uses gentle manipulation on my neck. So I think I'm going to try that too.
Just want to thank you all for your support and for listening. I will update you all on Wednesday.
JenM
P.S. Does anyone know if a doctor can tell you have a rotator cuff injury just by looking at x-rays, or is that determined only by an MRI? I totally forgot to ask him when I was in his office.
I thank you all so much for your concern. I am actually touched by it. I was so out of it yesterday due to all the crying in the doctors office and all the heavy duty meds he gave me that I couldn't get on here to update you about my doctor visit with the shoulder specialist.
My shoulder was so bad going into the doctor's office. He went to touch it once and the nerves in my shoulder were so inflamed it went crazy and I started crying hysterically. He couldn't beleive I didn't even drive myself to the ER during the week he said it was that bad. He couldn't even examine my neck/shoulders properly so I am going back to his office this Wednesday once the medication kicks in. He did give me an x-ray and he ruled out that my shoulder was dislocated. He believes it is a bundle of pinched nerves coming off of the neck that are completely inflamed and that's why they are giving me electrical shocks. Remember, my neck collapsed 3 weeks after my surgery in June so all the muscles and nerves in my neck were thrown off and overly stretched out. He gave me the following meds: Prednisone (have to take 10 pills for the first 2 days!! and then reduce by 1 pill until day 11), flexeril 3 times a day, and oxycodone 4-6 times a day). I've been on prednisone before, last summer, and it literally made me crazy and emotional so i'm scared to see what happens to me this time! It is a high dosage that I am taking. He told me it may cause stomach pain, and so of course, in the middle of the night, I woke up from 2am-4am with shooting pain in my stomach bent over in half. Prednisone is the worst medicine ever. Those of you who have taken it before probably know. BUt I have no choice. I just want to get the inflamation out of my shoulder. So he can't really diagnose what's going on with my shoulder until Wed. He did notice it dropped about 4 inches as compared to the other shoulder, and it totally atrophied. And he said this problem is probably coming from nerves from my neck (same thing as Melissa on this forum).
That's all that I have to report today. The pain is still excrutiating, but I can tell the meds are working alittle. He said the meds may not even work and to go to the ER if I needed to over the weekend.
He actually told me to go back to my chiropractor, who has greatly helped my neck in the past whenever I had a pinched nerve. He said it won't affect my back at all, and to make sure the chiropractor uses gentle manipulation on my neck. So I think I'm going to try that too.
Just want to thank you all for your support and for listening. I will update you all on Wednesday.
JenM
P.S. Does anyone know if a doctor can tell you have a rotator cuff injury just by looking at x-rays, or is that determined only by an MRI? I totally forgot to ask him when I was in his office.
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Cervical stenosis op'd 3-07, minimally invasive
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