I have been having trouble with my shoulder which is getting steadily worse.
Started hurting in January, went to the doctors in March and they referred me for physio. I got an appointment through for the end of June!!! In the meantime, I went to see an osteopath and also had acupuncture - neither worked.
Had 4 physio appointments and also had a cortisone injection which again didn't do anything.
Went back to the doctor a couple of weeks ago and he said he will refer me to see a specialist and perhaps have an xray/ultrasound/mri to see what's going on.
I told him we had private health care with my husband's job and he told me to use it and wrote me a referral letter there and then.
I went to see a specialist tonight and he did an ultrasound on my shoulder and said I have a spur on the end of my collar bone that my tendon (which has thickened) is catching on.
He suggested another cortisone injection while using the ultrasound so he can see directly where it goes, but if this doesn't work it will be keyhole surgery to have the spur removed!!
Now, I asked him the dreaded question - how long will I be out of action for? 4-6 weeks!!!
I have 7 children on my books - 5 families. He said I would be able to have the older ones after a couple of weeks, but wouldn't recommend having the babies. I now have to break the news to my families. They are all teachers so I aim to have it done around Christmas, but I will still need to take at least a week off from everyone and 2 weeks from the babies. I dread what they are going to say. None of them have families close by that can help and none of my childminding friends have vacancies.
I thought I would try and have the op a week before the end of term so take that off, have the 2 weeks Christmas holidays and then I can have school children back as it's just before and after school. I am hoping I might also be able to have the babies, but need to warn the parents I might not be able to.
Think of me tomorrow when I talk to the parents. One family hasn't even started with me yet, they start the week after next and we are doing settling in sessions next week.
Oh, and the consultant said I should notice a difference almost immediately after the injection. All I know is, it flippin' hurts. My shoulder has gone really stiff, couldn't even lift my arm to get the cat food out of the top cupboard!!
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