Shoulder & Back Update
Yesterday I spent four hours in the Queen Mary Hospital ER having my back poked, prodded, x-rayed, blah, blah, blah. They’ve concluded my left shoulder is falling apart so when I pulled the aforementioned muscle in my back, everything went. The muscle has mostly recovered, but left behind severe radiating pain in my shoulder joint that was clearly not heart related. That motivated the doctors to finally start taking pictures and also clears the smoke on two previous visits to the ER where I had radiating pain down my left arm… docs thought it was stress related… evidently NOT… it was the start of my shoulder going. Diagnosis: I have tendinitis and soft tissue damage for now and they’ve warned about the cartilage being the next thing to go followed by the joint. Cause? Combination of heavy computer bag slung over left shoulder for years, economy class travel, hunched over computer all day and excessive Blackberry use (repetitive stress injury.)
