Is this pain normal?

Thank you, I just want the pain to go away, hopefully the MUA will help!! X

Thank you, Your message really helped, I have read up & watched videos etc.. But no one seemed to describe how the pain felt.. It's so getting me down, a simple movement will physically make me feel sick & I'm just not the bubbly person I used to be... Thank you once again, I will let u know how I get on x

Hiyas,oh god how painfull is it,its affecting my life,my mood..Just want it to go away,hope u gert sorted,i sooo carnt wait to have my MUA after a long painful journety,pity its 4 days before my daughters hen do,but im hoping to be pain free for the wedding in August!!..i live in hope,Thankyou..x

 

I had hydrodilation 2 weeks ago and the pain went. It is still very stiff but with physio and a lot of exercises it is very slowly getting better. I can now drive again and hang out washing.

mymaude -  thankfully you can start to really smile now - you are on the mend Hurrah but you are right, if it wasn't so serious it could be quite funny at times and thank goodness most of us are just about hanging on to a sense of humour!  because there are so many discussions running on this subject I am getting confused and trying to analyse who has had what, when where and did it work.  lots of experts have written papers on the subject and often contradicting one another in both causation and treatment so think we should write our own having experienced it first hand.  Since I have had this and it has deteriorated I have had to stop driving (be aware of new drug driving rules too) and can't do anything I used to and fed up seeing my very able bodied partner disappear every five minutes on extreme sport activities - he thinks it makes me feel better when I see his recent GoPro footage of scuba diving in Eygypt, 10 mile hikes along the cliff tops, kayaking and now he is off on a long weekend camping and diving - a way of including me he says lol NOT.  I can't even sew anymore or hold a book because I have fluid in my wrist, apparently a likely consequence of the shoulder problems.  Thought I would garden gently one handed while on a double dose of opiates to get some relief, wasp flew past me forgot and I flicked it automatically with bad arm OMIGOD collapsed in a squirming squeaking heap on the ground trying to breathe deeply as if giving birth until what seemed like an eternity passed and I could crawl back inside. My new neighbours must think I am barmy  I spent last summer in a sweaty neck brace 24/7 mending a broken neck thinking at least next summer I will be better and can enjoy it, hell no - whoever dictates destiny had a different plan for me!  Trying to keep the rest of the body from turning into a jelly mould is a challenge when all activity has stopped, someone said hydrotherapy pool is good but some distance away and not easy to get to but if you can then a good idea to try and keep everything else moving.  keep strong xx