physical therapy update
Today I had my corticosteroid shot at the orthopedic doctor, which was a lot less painful than I had expected. I seriously thought that the needle was to be much longer than it was and much thicker around, but was a pretty minuscule needle. They used a numbing agent, and my friend Zoe held my hand, so it really wasn't so bad.
The shot is supposed to be an anti-inflammatory, and I think it's already taken. Which of course means that I have to be extra careful to not aggravate my injury even though my arm feels better.
Unfortunately I had to miss a hot tub outing with friends, because the doctor warned that there was a risk of infection when you get such a shot. Had I known that I would've scheduled to shot for another day.
Today was also the third session of physical therapy, which was a lot shorter than previous sessions. When I told him that I was having the shot done today, they rescheduled my next appointment for Wednesday. Apparently I need to take it easy for the next several days, which is fine since I've been doing so in many respects anyway.
The pain isn't completely gone due to the shot, but it is definitely reduced. It's nice to feel somewhat normal, even if I still can't act normally get.
I got my new TENS unit in the mail, but haven't yet read the instructions. Seems like a good weekend to try it out.
And of course I'm writing this post with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. You can blame them for my somewhat stilted writing. :-)
(And yes, if you say "smiley", it will type :-))
The shot is supposed to be an anti-inflammatory, and I think it's already taken. Which of course means that I have to be extra careful to not aggravate my injury even though my arm feels better.
Unfortunately I had to miss a hot tub outing with friends, because the doctor warned that there was a risk of infection when you get such a shot. Had I known that I would've scheduled to shot for another day.
Today was also the third session of physical therapy, which was a lot shorter than previous sessions. When I told him that I was having the shot done today, they rescheduled my next appointment for Wednesday. Apparently I need to take it easy for the next several days, which is fine since I've been doing so in many respects anyway.
The pain isn't completely gone due to the shot, but it is definitely reduced. It's nice to feel somewhat normal, even if I still can't act normally get.
I got my new TENS unit in the mail, but haven't yet read the instructions. Seems like a good weekend to try it out.
And of course I'm writing this post with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. You can blame them for my somewhat stilted writing. :-)
(And yes, if you say "smiley", it will type :-))