Nope. Frozen shoulder is what he called it. He gave me the rundown of the course of its development over the slow process of my body healing itself and let me know that it could take many, many months. For this one, he was right. It started in my right* shoulder, and as the chart below indicates, took just about the average length of time to fully get back to what I'd consider to be "normal."
In the meantime, the left* shoulder, about six to eight months into the onset of the initial pains in the right, started up. And it was the same course of action for that one, so that during some of the months there in the late 2000s, I was crippled with two concurrent frozen shoulders. Oh joy. I believe I wrote about these symptoms a bit here since this blog was up and running then; I'll try and check it out and link if so.*
In any event, I'd say by the beginning of the new decade, my shoulders were "okay" though I have always had some degradation of total free movement and from the memory of those many painful and restrictive months, have always been very gingerly with them ever since.
Well now the left shoulder is at it again. Full on first stage... all over again! Started up about a couple/three weeks ago now so I know I got many, MANY fun months ahead.
I may do the physical therapy this time. I didn't last time since I was working a day job and didn't want to try to squeeze it into my schedule. Plus, I think by the time shit got serious with the shoulder (and eventually shoulders), my work situation was in the midst of turmoil and so was my insurance, of course.
The key too is to make sure my compensation for the handicap of the inability to fully utilize the left shoulder doesn't affect my right. This is likely what led to the double frozen shoulder situation back then. This was happening when I had the wrist pain last year if you remember, I was shifting my usage and stressing other muscles and tendons and causing more pains there as well. Ugh! Oh, and it's a known effect when I have walking issues related to my Hallux Rigidus/Bone Spurs in mainly my right big toe.
I could go on and on but at this point I feel if I over complain my fingers will develop a leprosy from typing out my complaints in this blog too much or if I use my voice-to-text option, I'll get fucking throat cancer or something for talking too much about my on going pains.
I should just shut up before I get myself put into traction.
*EDIT: Alright, I guess I should just look back at the data (my past posts) before I even try to "remember" my own fucking past because I get shit wrong all the time.
1. It was August 2007 when Dr. Rodgers diagnosed me with frozen shoulder, not 2008.
2. That diagnosis occurred before the diagnosis of the osteoarthritis of the knee. I still hadn't completed the x-ray, MRI examination on the knee which, apparently, confirmed his suspicion. (X-ray and MRI usually can't determine frozen shoulder, I guess from what I've read).
3. Just like now, the original problems of frozen shoulder symptoms started with my LEFT shoulder, not my right, and then, in the spring of 2008, my right shoulder starts up.
4. Here are the links to the sources of my research.
I Have No Really Good Excuse... August 16, 2007
Eh, What's Up Doc? September 05, 2007
I'm Definitely NOT Tiger Woods! August 14, 2008
Frozen Nugget, Star Pupil, Yo Yo Blues and Pretty Hot POTUS January 22, 2009