@JustinMcClanahan
Hello,
Thanks for checking on me. I did have the MRI w/o contrast, but it wasn't able to detect any abnormalities of an acute injury which completely confused me because of the severe pain. It only detected mild age related AC Joint Arthrosis and a small amount of fluid in the subdeltoid bursa. So, my Ortho said I have "adhesive capsulitis" aka frozen shoulder, as a result of whatever caused the acute injury, and ordered a
fluoroguided Xray steroid injection to the Glenohumeral joint, which I had done last Friday. They said by the weekend that I would be feeling significantly better. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened and today, 5 days out, the pain which was at the deltoid has now shifted slightly to the bicep. It hurts severely with an offending position, doing nothing at all and trying to sleep. It wakes me up multiple times at night. The Ortho wants to see me in 2 weeks but I feel like she is just wasting my time as shouldn't I be working on a plan to heal? PT or a surgery or do I just need to give the steroid more time to be effective? I messaged the Ortho thru the patient portal but she hasn't provided any answers to my questions, educated me in any way or prescribed anything other than 12 tablets of Tramadol.
I'm feeling really frustrated and am getting worn down by the constant pain. OTCs are not effective and only Tramadol barely touches the pain. Any suggestions or advice appreciated.
I hope you are feeling ok and once again, thank you for listening.