I fell and hurt my shoulder....
 

today we were visiting some friends of ours in another town. Jeff played a nice concert and we had a lotof fun with them last night. went to our hotel and I could not sleep so was very groggy this morning.
I was wearing my shoe boots that had a 3 inch heel.
at noon we went to their house to take them out to lunch, when we got there I was walking down stairs that had bricks and dirt. I was on the last stair and their little girl, margo, 3 held up her arms and wanted me to pick her up so I leaned over and picked her up but lost my balance. I would have fallen full force on top of her but very quickly turned her over as I smashed my left shoulder on to the ground. She was not hurt at all. I am so glad that I did not hurt her.
I don't think I broke any bones just am very swollen and it hurts. I can raise my hand over my head so I know that my rotator cuff is good. It just hurts alot. I had a very hard time getting my soft sweater off...how am I going to get dressed????
I am angry with myself..I know it was an accident but still feel like it could have been prevented.
sigh
Just what I need....
I wonder how I will be in the morning....:(
bizi

Ouch
 

Dear Bizi,
You might be a little black and blue in the morning.

You do not need to be angry with yourself. Show the same compassion to yourself that you would with anyone else. :circlelove:
Do you have pain relievers? Anything that I help you sleep?

I hope you will be ok. Maybe take it very easy on Sunday. If you still hurt on Monday, you can call you mdoc.

M.

Dear Bizi

silly girl it is not your fault at all!!!!! :hug::hug::hug: no, take that back, unhug unhug unhug, as pats other (painless) shoulder gently to say "it's gonna be ok."

maybe you are having a bit of what Steve has coined "false guilt?"

glad you haven't lost movement - if you have, then go get your shoulder seen. you were a sort of heroine protecting Margo like that. if she had fallen from being held who knows she could have had a serious injury - hit her head or jabbed an eye or whatever.

admittedly i did something similar - i was a kid - but with lower stakes... was carrying an african violet. tripped in a parking lot, held the violet up like a torch - it came out pristine... i came out black and blue.

and if indeed we are silly, then it is a good, kind-hearted kind of silly - nothing wrong in that i say!!! :) hope you heal up quick. sending good vibes :circlelove:

~ waves ~

Bizi, I'm so glad the little girl didn't get hurt, but I'm sorry you did!

Maybe try some heat/ice or compression?

I hope it heals soon! :hug:

Bizi
Its going to hurt for a while. But it will get better. So just take time
and use the heat and ice as you need to. Also the pain relief.

Also if you need to go to PT.

Donna:grouphug:

i had a major breakthru last week....the difference between accident and blame...for myself i used to always use blame...sounds as if you have the same problem....it was an accident and I am glad you thought so quickly
you didn't hurt the little girl and maybe you helped yourself too
write soon so we know how you are
bobby

If you can handle aspirin that is great anti inflammatory, Or at least 3 Advil liquid gels. A pull strain sometimes just needs time. the best thing is if the rotator cuff is not damaged, I hope it calms down soon. Thank goodness nothing seemed broke.
Hugs :hug:
Di

thank you for your kind words.
I spoke with my PT friend and she gave me great advice.
getting dressed is a challenge....driving with one arm is easy to do but backing up is turn around.
robin taught me how to make an ice pack using rubbing alcohol and 3 parts water, freeze for 4 hours. it is great!
the alcohol keeps it from being hard so it is like slush and conforms to my shoulder.
i did evenually make it to the gym and sat in the hot tub for 10 minutes massaging my shoulder, that felt good.
she said heat massage the ice.
so that is what i am doing.
Great. just something else to obcess about!
bizi

Oh Bizi I remember making slushy Ice.. They are really super cold too. A back up to conform is a bag of peas. Just label them so not to actually use them.
Hope all calms down to a bearable level soon.
di :grouphug:

Dear Bizi
 

I'm sorry that you hurt your shoulder. It sounds like something that was beyond your control,and you shouldn't blame yourself. I hope that you feel better soon. BF:hug::hug::hug: