Mine is one level - but my shoulder doc told me that I've lifted all the weight I'm going to lift. I'll be able to go back to weights, but it will take time. My OSS told me as soon as I'm fused, he'll let me do whatever I want. But now I'm worried about the weight and figure I should lift less to avoid more problems in the future. Mind you, I'm not talking that much weight - 70-100 lbs on the bench is all I was doing before all of this happened. I really just want to get my tricep strength back after all this.

Therabands are a good answer, though, too - I just read an article in Prevention that said they're better than using weights in a lot of cases.

And Valium sounds like a good plan, I'm going to ask what they do about the muscle spasms.

So chin is up...thinking positive.... with five weeks to go!


Kelly