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Continuing from comment no 4 I have just been to hospit...

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Continuing from comment no 4

I have just been to hospital to undergo manipulation under anaesthetic, the pain when I came round was terrible, I cried, but after an hour the pain killers kicked in and I began to feel better. Now almost three weeks later I am going return to work and I feel almost new again. I have spent my recovery time swimming, walking and sleeping, it is so good to go to bed and sleep all night without any pain.

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    Thankyou for the comments about manipulation under anaesthetic,my physio has just suggested i return to my GP to discuss this. I must admit I was worried about,a-the anaesthetic and b- the pain. Unfortunately it seems my shoulder is so 'stuck' that physio is not having much affect. I have now been off work for 4 weeks with two more weeks to go and beginning to worry about returing as the pain has not receded. Hopefully my GP will refer me for the manipulation as the pain is getting me down and restricting daily life. i look at this site periodically and have found it useful and imformative.

    Kath

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    Following on from comment no 20 and my reply, can I ask how long it was before you had the manipulation? ie did you have the frozen shoulder a certain amount of time before the GP would consider it? was your GP happy to refer you and or did you have to persuade them to do it?. I have been in pain since last Nov (05),normally I'm fairly upbeat type person but certainly don't feel that way at the moment! I appreciate you taking the time to read this and hopefully reply.

    Kath

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    Last December I saw the dr and he said he didnt think it was a frozen shoulder. He sent me to a physio and she said it was and suggested a cortizone injection. The Dr injected just before Christmas - being a diabetic I knew my blood sugars would rise but return in a few says to normal - they didnt - I saw the doctor and admitted to hospital. The following morning the consultant injected

    the shoulder again. In a couple of days I could not stand the pain any longer - I cried and cried - so I rang NHS direct and saw the doctor there and she saw that the arm was so hard and swollen and she had me admitted to hospital. I had an MRI scan and in a couple of days I was operated on for what they called septic arthritis. I was taken to theatre 2 more times to have it washed out as the infection was so bad. I was allowed home but the district nurse came every day to pack the wound - it healed up eventually in April. I have just seen another consultant who says it is a frozen shoulder but because I am a diabetic no more cortizone injections. I have to have another MRI scan to see if there has been any damage to the bone then he will take me to theatre and manipulate it. I will let you know what happens next.. .

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