well it’s the most common tendon of the rotator cuff to injure (tear). Partial tear of 4mm but 90% thickness? Surgery or no surgery? If pain and movement are factors, surgery it will be. Unfortunately, due to COVID many surgeries were delayed and now the wait is long. i waited in urgent care 2 hours to get an X-ray and to be told I needed to schedule a MRI for another day. Two days later i had a MRI but by the time it was complete, the doctors were gone and I had to return another day for result. When i returned for the result, i was told I’d need to make a consult appointment with an orthopedic surgeon because I’d probably need surgery. I went to urgent care on November 15th and I’m seeing the surgeon’s PA on November 29th. I wonder if the PA will schedule me an appointment with the surgeon or will decide whether i need surgery next Monday and if I do need surgery how many weeks I’ll need to wait? then there’s this thing called work 😳🤨 I’ve been popping alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen plus icing AND not doing much in the house. At Work I’ve been able to avoid using my arm for lifting because being a charge nurse I don’t work one on one with the residents‘ during daily cares as a floor nurse would etc,,, however, was told today we are 11 nurses short this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. So, now charge nurses, clinical managers, director of nursing etc.. are looking at working the floor. Not sure how this will all work out. The nursing shortage is mounting and it’s creating major stress and burn out on those nurses working. i would say this is being felt across the board by healthcare providers. And hence, why it’s taking so long to get my shoulder fixed. 🤨😩
And yes, you need to have something major to get any narcotics these days. I did get some when the MRI impression was finalized; however, I just don’t do well on narcotics. I’ll stick to Tylenol, ibuprofen and icing.
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