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Originally Posted by Rhiannonsmoon
Having a very very powerful flare up and I have frozen shoulder with it and the trigger points in that area are firing something horrid...
Fell and got hurt at a railway station a while ago and am swollen on the left arm (yes the frozen shoulder one), and left knee has a swelling over it that is the same as the arm swelling at the elbow...
What pain relief do I ask for for this pain? I don't think I'm being given anything strong enough...please help me with this,
Rhiannon
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Interesting you said you have frozen shoulder-3 1/2 months post op for my cervical spine fusion and I woke up July3rd with a frozen shoulder! On the following Wednesday ( when I could next get in after the holiday they said it may be frozen shoulder- sling it?- to hold it up and start PT to keep it moving- do I move it or keep it in a sling????? I was schedules with an orthopedic person- but not until the 27th! I had finally graduated out of my neck brace- but the sling puts too much pressure on my neck- so brace and sling- in 90 degree heat!
I keep wanting to "fix" the broken parts so then i can deal with "maintaining" and managing my pain- but it never comes.
I am on Lyrica 3X a day PLUS Valium for the muscle spasms; Norflex for the muscle cramps( why can't one medication do both?); Ibuprofin at the max dosage every day; Vicodin and dilauded for the really bad pain- all this prescribed by my doc who know exactly what I already have at home and is a ware of my addiction issues!
Does my pain make me mentally unstable? or am I more sensitive to the pain because of my emotional state? Am I taking my pain meds for REAL pain or Psych pain? My mind questions everything!