PlzChuckle's Testimony

Seventeen years ago I didn't know what fibromyalgia was. I just knew my right shoulder hurt so badly that I couldn't lift my hand above my waist; I couldn't sleep in my bed for more than an hour at a time. About 3 months into this, I was carrying infant GT, diaper bag, purse into work - all in my left hand. I could reach the door handle; as the door swung open a gust of January wind slammed it into my arm and shoulder. PAIN!! Then I couldn't use that arm at all. Taking care of a 4 month old with my arm in that shape was NOT an option. Each night, I soaked the shoulder while in a HOT tub-bath. When I got out, I simply walked my figers up the wall as far as I could, then did 2 more efforts for more height. I did this facing the wall, then, with my right side to the wall. In about 6 weeks, I had my flexibility back. Today, I have full range of motion in the arm and shoulder joint.

Mid-April, 2010, a ridiculous fall broke my humorous in a verticle line from mid bicept up into the shoulder joint and down almost to the elbow. No doctor ... a sling and a bottle of BF&C. I went to work the next day after the fall. I did miss day 3, didn't take enough BF&C!! By the end of week 3, I was needing to let my arm down and I did. I was finger walking the wall before week 6. There is still some loss of motion. I walk the wall when I think about it.... I can do anything I need to do.

~PC~