As I mentioned in my last post, on my trip to Miami, I took a nasty spill out in the rain and hurt my shoulder. The pain still is pretty major, enough to wake me up out of a sleep, and so I decided it might be time to head to the doctor’s and get it checked out.

Saturday morning I went up to the docs and told him what happened, I also mentioned that my left shoulder has been bothering me for quite some time and that the pain comes and goes. After his exam he informed me that apparently BOTH of my shoulders are potentially fucked up. His preliminary diagnosis for my left shoulder (the one that’s been bothering me for a while) is Impingement Syndrome where the bone in my shoulder seems to be irritating my tendons. Best case scenario is some Physical Therapy, worst case is a rotator cuff tear and surgery. My right shoulder he told me is at best a bruise which could heal in two to four weeks (I hope!) or at worse another rotator cuff tear.

I have to wait two weeks to see if my right shoulder gets any better. In two weeks I’ll either be having one or two x-rays, a visit to the orthopedic surgeon and a plan for what to do with my shoulders. Until then, no heavy lifting and lots of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and if it’s real bad… a little Valium.