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Nov. 25th, 2008
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A little progress
Nov. 25th, 2008 10:07 am
When I visited my GPs surgery for the 'flu inoculation I requested a phone consultation with one of the doctors - because the painkillers so far prescribed have virtually no effect on the pain of the frozen shoulder.
After talking to me for a few minutes, she prescribed enough tramadol to last a few days, until I can see one of the doctors in person to discuss why the pain is quite so severe. I had the first good night of sleep for weeks while we were away on our long weekend in the frozen north (Yorkshire). This pain relief reduces the pain to a perceived level of just over half - sufficient both to allow me to do the exercises I have been prescribed well enough that they may have some effect, and to let me stay asleep until well rested, at least some nights.
OK, I'd like to have the pain reduced still more, but this is the first thing that has made me feel enough better to make a difference. Being able to bear to to do the exercises reasonably correctly may make a longer term difference, with a bit of luck.
After talking to me for a few minutes, she prescribed enough tramadol to last a few days, until I can see one of the doctors in person to discuss why the pain is quite so severe. I had the first good night of sleep for weeks while we were away on our long weekend in the frozen north (Yorkshire). This pain relief reduces the pain to a perceived level of just over half - sufficient both to allow me to do the exercises I have been prescribed well enough that they may have some effect, and to let me stay asleep until well rested, at least some nights.
OK, I'd like to have the pain reduced still more, but this is the first thing that has made me feel enough better to make a difference. Being able to bear to to do the exercises reasonably correctly may make a longer term difference, with a bit of luck.