To a very special lady, purplemoon...prayers and good thoughts coming your way...take time to heal and take good care of yourself...let DH & Dad help anyway they can. Jeanne S.

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Sorry to hear you injured your arm. I broke mine few yrs ago & got a new appreciation for the misery folks go through. Your other limb gets almost as bad as the hurt 1 as you try to compensate so let the guys around your house help all they can. We need you with your encouragement & wonderful Inspiration Albums! Prayers for speedy recovery!! Jan

We're so praying for you, girl! We love you! Bear Hugs! Kirk and Carol and Olivia and Benjamin

Karen,

Ooh! Well, me and my Missy Girl (my doggie and I) just prayed for you. Healing so you can get back to your normal self and be able to use the computer the way that you do.

WE love you Karen!
Love, Jules

Thank You dear Susiesunshine for your post, and everyone else for your caring thoughts and blessings. BEAUTIFUL picture Jeanne!
I'm copying and pasting to y'all what I sent some friends yesterday....which took me a very long time to type since my right arm darn near useless with the stabbing pain in shoulder.

I was removing a small bush and decided to use the hand-saw and remove it close to the ground. Trunk about size of my wrist, and only took a couple of minutes to saw thru!! But I guess the ANGLE I was sawing is what did the damage. I think it's a pinched nerve and not a muscle strain....nothing is working to help give any relief. Vicodin, muscle relaxers, etc. That usually means a nerve involved, plus this has happened to me twice... in the other shoulder..... in past years. Doc tried steroid shots then. Talk about PAIN !!!!

I can hardly sit here (no way to get that arm in a comfortable position that pain isn't downright excruciating). And typing makes it feel like a hot knife is in the shoulder. The few posts I've done on my two Forums, I've had to type a couple of sentences in an EMAIL, wait a while, type a few more, etc. and 'save' until I was done and could copy and paste it into a Forum post.

Unfortunately, I've got a ton of stuff to do between now and Fri. We're getting the house (outside) and block wall painted. That means I have to move ALL my stuff away from both. You know from my yard album photos how much I've got in front and back yards. And on both porches!!! Including about 25 wind chimes. DH will help me.
My dad is almost bedridden these days and can't do a thing. He can barely get from his room to dinner table, using a walker. Sometimes he needs the wheelchair. So I am pretty much his care-taker the last few months as he's become increasingly frail from heart and kidney disease.

I have to figure out where I'm going to put all my stuff. My garage is already pretty full, so not hardly any storage room in there. And so much is breakable with all the totems, gnomes, fairies, bunnies, etc.

The painter will begin next Friday, first by power-washing house and block wall. I'm just totally overwhelmed at how much I have to do between now and then. Plus I have a big, important dog show on Thurs, and have one of mine entered. I really need to NOT be one-handed for long!! Especially LEFT-handed, cause I'm a total klutz with that one anyway. I can type for about 2 minutes with an ice pack on this shoulder, LOL.

I hate to be whiny when so many here are truly suffering major things and need prayers far more than me with a bum shoulder. But I sincerely appreciate all of you so much for caring.

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So sorry your hurt your arm Karen. Please be careful while trying to move all your stuff. Let DH help a bunch and you point the direction. LOL Prayers and good thoughts for ya!

Donna in Florida

i m so sorry to hear this. we ll keep you in thoughts and prayers and hope you recover soon
kudzu

Hope you get ta feelin better reel sooooonnnn.....Huggss...

Karen I'm sorry to hear your hurt your arm. Hope you get to feeling better soon.The shoulder can be so painful.I've had both my rotar cuffs repaired.So take care and don't rush it.Let us know how your doing. LOH's Joan

I'm SO sorry that you're having trouble with your arm Karen! I sure hope you can get some relief soon. I have some experience with pinched nerves and I know they are NO fun! Wish I lived closer, I'd come help you move your stuff for painting! Take care and I'll be praying for you too!!

Gentle Healing hugs (((( Hugs ))))))

Praying the pain will ease soon without more stress. Hope you recover soon.
Vickie

I feel for you, Karen! Having to move all those things when you're so uncomfortable is a nightmare!!

Sending some help...

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~Sandy~

Karen, 90% of people heal from this in time without intervention. Try a hot wet towel with Epson's Salts in it over the neck and across the shoulder. It will help to shrink the area of inflamation, which could take some presure off of the nerve, which could also allow the offending 'origin of nerve compression' to go back into place. When I had my pinched nerve the pharmacist mixed up an Ibuprofen cream (a compound ordered by the doctor) that helped a bit. You are right there is no such thing as a pain pill for a pinched nerve. However, there are some new drugs out now that are supposed to deal with specific nerve pain. The doctors have to use an A B C protocol. The thing that finally helped to move my frame enough to alleviate the nerve pain was water traction at a water therapy place. A flotation device was around my neck and weights were on my arms and feet. You hang around in the water by your neck. One day I twisted a little and I have never had pain since. It took me two years to find this relief. Oh, BTW it was my Chiropractor who caused this ruptured disk/pinched nerve. I use to love to go to Chiropractors but accidents can happen with them just like any other profession. Pain/heat patches can take the mind off of the pain a bit. They make them now that last for up to 8-12 hours. A little pricey but could help to get you through the dog show. I would put one at every nerve point down the shoulder and arm for that day. I can and I will pray with the deepest compassion when it comes to chronic pain. TAKE TIME TO DO THESE INITIAL THERAPY THINGS AND NO LIFTING!!!!! If you lift you will just keep reinjuring and reinflamming. 2 cents from Susie.

Oh Ms Karen ~~~ It's so grrrrrrrreat that so many
of your special friends ... are sending
these SPECIAL Prayers.... & Tips for pain and
R* E * L * I * E * F ! ! ! ! ! !

I have a tip also... we Love to use...

" BIO FREEZE" in a roll on .... it feels real cold...
like freezing... then starts to warm up ...and
penetrates down into the "Hurt" area ! ! ! !
since it rolls on... easy application...
and

Man I can't live with out the stuff...
when I hurt my right arm and elbow last year..
I recommended it highly !!! & my daughter uses
it for her neck & shoulders and back ! ! !

Take care !!! Let us hear how you are doing !
Lots Of
SPECIAL PRAYERS & SPECIAL THOUGHTS !!!!

God Bless Your Little Hearts !
SusieSunshine

*** One of your Biggest Fans ! ! ! (

Hey you "Susies"....thanks for the information. I'd not heard about using a hot towel in Epson Salt nor the Bio Freeze stuff. Both sound like things I should have handy all the time around here anyway.

EVERYTHING is moved now. My husband is probably going to really LOVE the "new and uncluttered" look!! Out front I mean, he rarely goes out back. The kids will love it too, if they come over before I get my stuff back out. LOL.
Porches are empty, not one windchime, gnome, fairy, or rabbit to be seen out front. Looks lifeless to me.

We had a yard guy come this morning and trim all the bushes WAY back (which really needed done anyway). I tend to like thing a bit more natural, LOL. But they will come back much healthier and fuller I know. Luckily, this is the time of year in Phx that its best to cut stuff back. Tho once again we are breaking some records with it in the 80s this week. We skipped our mini version of winter apparently, now I'm worried we'll skip Spring and jump into the high 100s heat way early this year. So please forgive me if I don't share any of y'all's enthusiasm for Spring and Summer. My good time of year is ending as yours begins.

My shoulder is slightly better at least, I was able to type this much without stopping. But my legs and back are trashed from all I did the last two days. Can't win, LOL.

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oh karen
hope you feeling better soon
big hugs your way
debby

Prayers for you feeling better soon!

Karen, I hope your shoulder and the rest of you feels much better ASAP! If I could, I'd send you some of my oxycodone. lol! They worked wonders for my pinched nerve. Btw, my hip and leg are pretty much back to normal (I had a pinched nerve and the doctor told me I had arthritis in my back - oh joy!). I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!

Karen so sorry to hear of your troubles. I can't believe you got all that work done despite being in such pain! Hope you feel better soon, and your garden gets its life back too.
kathy

Karen, I missed posting on this somehow, haven't had much computer time lately. At any rate, I'm thinking and praying for you girl! I would say "don't overdo it" but you already have ... sounds like me lol. Couldn't find any whippet "hang in there" so I hope ya like these cute lil pups! Hugs ~tenderlee

Dear Karen
I somehow did not read this before. I do hope the pain is gone.
I am a diabetic and I suffer with nerve damage,neuropathy, the neurologist prescribed Lyrica it does help with the pain. But it makes you very groggy, only take one a night. Look it up on the net it does have side effects like all meds.

Feel Better

Sylvia

Thank you, Sylvia. I was surprised to see this bumped up, but so nice to reread everyone's kind thoughts. (other than the dang SPAMMER. LOL)

Lyrica is widely used on Fibromyalgia now. My problem is the drug hasn't been invented that makes me drowsy or groggy. Much to my doc's frustration. I wouldn't be on here till 3 or 4 in the morning if they'd invent one. LOL.
Even the combination of 3 nightly meds I take doesn't do it, tho any ONE is supposed to. I'm a hopeless case.
LOL

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