Wednesday, April 1, 2009

What a pain in the ........


...Shoulder! Linda has been battling shoulder pain for the last 4 weeks. It started out minor, but has been building and building in severity. Today, her broken-down shoulder kind of "popped" out of the socket while she was teaching. It is so painful that now she can't move her arm at all. Tomorrow, she is going to go get a slingie-thingie to keep it next to her body. She tried to make something at home with a scarf and sweater, but it did not work very well. Target, CVC and Walgreens did not have shoulder slings either. There is a pharmacy 3 towns over from us that sells medical supplies. They have one that fits tight like a knee brace and supposed to work really good. One problem: You have to order it and wait a week for it to come in and it costs about $100. Ouch and Double Ouch! She needs it right now. How is she going to teach 5 classes tomorrow with one arm?