So for the past 6 months I've been dealing with a shoulder injury and today I finally went to the OSS Orthopedic Hospital in York to get it looked at. After much pain, grimacing & a few x-rays they determined that there is nothing wrong with the bones in my shoulders or neck.... DUH!! The muscles running along both shoulders and my neck are very agitated & inflamed. For one week I will be on a steroid step-down pack of pills & for a total of 4 weeks I am to take a muscle relaxer, take it easy during my workouts (like thats really going to happen, not!), do a few exercises they gave me to do, apply heat, and have the muscles in my shoulders massaged to relax them (ouch!).
If none of this works they are going to do a series of Cortisone shots directly into the muscles. I for one wish they'd just do the shots & get it over with. Even though they are painful - I had one before when I had a herniated disk in my lower back. They tried the steroids then & it didn't work for that injury either, but the shot did.
Other than the injury I'm doing great. My moods are stable for the most part and I'm starting to feel comfortable with my body for once in my life. Sometimes I still feel like the chubby chick in the gym, but that doesn't happen as often as it used to. I think I may even buy a new workout top soon, maybe when I reach 195 or 190 pounds. My gym t-shirts are getting way too big & just hang on me.
Hoping that I can wrestle up some more energy in the next hour or so and go to the gym for a workout today. I didn't do my normal morning workout because I was so sore from the doctor visit.
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