Ouch. :-\ Is there any way you can immobilise your shoulder? I know from when my mum used to play netball (you don't think of that sport as dangerous) she threw her shoulder and elbow out a few times and used to sleep with a sling on and pillow length-ways under her shoulder and back whenever she did. The sling locked the joint in position and the pillow acted like an impact buffer.
I'm not saying it'll work for you 'cause it wasn't 100% for my mum, but it might help?
Immobilising my shoulder is currently just making the pain worse when I do move it :-( And it's not just the shoulder - moving my rib cage (by breathing) also becomes incredibly painful. I'm think that I'll try making a pillow nest tonight to support me in a more comfortable position for shoulder and breathing (which is the biggest issue) and see how that does. It could make things worse when I try to get up in the morning if I've moved around less, but having some sleep has got to be worth it. I'll be happy with sleeping an hour at a time, waking myself up when I move and being able to find a comfy enough position to go back to sleep quickly right now
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Shit. :-( With a dislocated shoulder, I'm not surprised. :-( Can't the doctor give you an injection into the joint?
Bloody hell! We should get hopelessly drunk one day and discuss horrible school years. I was the one who'd hit the floor, get up and keep playing like nothing was wrong with bleeding gashes on knees, elbows and jaw. The only bone I've broken is my skull... And I didn't know a thing about that until 6 years later. *cringe* I'm armour-plated, seriously. I fell out of an action movie and into RL - everything's a 'flesh wound'.
I'm starting to wonder whether it's a dislocated shoulder blade or not - I don't know what else it would be. I am sure that something is happening to trap nerves and torture muscles in and around my shoulder blade and ribs, but I suspect that an X-ray is needed to establish which joint/bone has decided to leave it's assigned place. Blech. And all the research indicates that injecting stuff into the joints of people like me, um, isn't a good idea. Damn
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I'm not saying it'll work for you 'cause it wasn't 100% for my mum, but it might help?
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Bloody hell! We should get hopelessly drunk one day and discuss horrible school years. I was the one who'd hit the floor, get up and keep playing like nothing was wrong with bleeding gashes on knees, elbows and jaw. The only bone I've broken is my skull... And I didn't know a thing about that until 6 years later. *cringe* I'm armour-plated, seriously. I fell out of an action movie and into RL - everything's a 'flesh wound'.
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