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competition win caused injury

I'm sitting her in pain & feeling very sorry for myself. In September I went to Cyprus on a holiday I'd won, whilst we were out on an archaeological site I fell awkwardly - I managed to save myself from hitting the ground & tore my rotator cuff ( shoulder) muscle. It was healing nicely when I aggravated it on a bus which suddenly stopped. It didn't seem to be healing & I went to the doctor who seems to have made the tear worse when trying to find the cause & extent of my pain. I've now got pain killers that make me spacey & can't take too often because they are addictive.

Just want some sympathy :(
proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl

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  • oddies
    oddies Posts: 10,013 Forumite
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    ho you poor thing i do hope it gets better for you nothing worse than being in pain :(
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  • Daza
    Daza Posts: 3,936 Forumite
    I've now got pain killers that make me spacey & can't take too often because they are addictive.

    Welcome to the world of codeine :j
  • mclarkie
    mclarkie Posts: 13,744 Forumite
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    That is awful, have your tried those heat pads you can warm in the micro?

    Hope it heals up.
  • BenhamsLC
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    Hope you feel better soon, can your doctor not refer you to hospital or physio ? I know when I hurt my shoulder physio, helped but her moto was no pain no gain :(
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  • I'm sorry you're hurting :(
    I hope your shoulder heals very soon.
  • Blulu
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    Defo sympathy coming your way. Have you considered trying a pain clinic? Ask at your GP? And/or hypnotherapy? There are techniques one can learn to can help deal with pain better. Hopefully, won't be a permanent thing.

    I can give you one small technique to try. Won't solve it, but might help a little. Works with all sorts of things, to reduce headache pain, even needing to pee...

    Imagine there is a dial in the middle of your forehead that controls the pain. In your mind, gently and very gradually turn the dial slowly to reduce that pain. You're only turning it down one small notch at a time. If you try this and really focus, it might help. Might take a few goes to make it work though.

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  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
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    I've been referred for physio - will try the dial thing Blublu
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
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