A Bit of R&R
Rest and relaxation is all I have been doing.
Yesterday late afternoon I was reading in my bedroom porch, perched upon the cherry red chair. I moved my left arm to pick up a pen and I was glad I was already sitting. The jolt of pain could have taken me to the floor. The pain was on top of my shoulder. I recall, Mike T, my physical therapist, telling me that sometimes when a body is at rest and a sudden movement can take a muscle over a tendon. Hmm. Wow! I had no idea where to hold my arm to alleviate the discomfort.
I made my way into Dennis’ bedroom. Dennis uses gallon jugs of distilled water for his CPAP machine. I bent over and with the left arm I picked up a full gallon of water. I stood bent with my arm straight holding the gallon of water a bit off from the floor for some time. Still bent over, I began moving and lifting the gallon by a small bit at a time taking my arm back and forth. After what seemed like a long time when I stood up straight the pain had subsided.
What did remain with my shoulder is that during the evening, it felt bruised. Even today it feels sore. Not to take any chances of stuff not going back to the default settings, r & r it is today. I may not remember when I had the reverse shoulder surgeries, but last night was the first pain I had felt since that time.
With that I take my leave. ♥