April 28. Last Wednesday my PT discharged me. Had my insurance covered more visits than 30, I could probably have stayed a few more weeks, but the main hurdle had been cleared. I can lift my arm straight up, although with some muscle pain. I got some new stretching exercises to extend my range of motion, some of which I done by myself before: leaning on a wall with a raised arm as high as possible, and standing in a corner flexing the shoulders. He warned for tearing off my tendon by lifting the arm. After that session I had some tendon clicking noises after I lowered the arm from high elevation. Not only was it unpleasant to listen to, it also hurt a bit after a few times. Today though, my doc calmed me (as so many times before) and said that it would be unlikely that I would tear a tendon, it was just the biceps tendon slipping out and in of the grove of the humerus there was probably a hint of tendonitis as well, but nothing to worry about; just take ibuprofen. He thought my range of motion was quite good. The x-rays showed an increased level of bone mass along with a remodeling to make it straighter.
So he too discharged me. I felt a hint of sentimentality. I met interesting people at the hospital and learned about other priorities in life than work.
6 comments:
Just wondering why you were in the hospital so many times to make friends? I was in the ER only once since I happened to fall in there parking deck. Iam in week 10 since the break. Bones don't heal fast when you are in your 60s! thanks for all the information. Makes me feel like I am not alone.
Who knows, perhaps for liability reasons (doctors get sued here in the US). The doc wanted to make sure that everything is going well, particularly since the alignment wasn't perfect. In hindsight, after removing the brace, it was not necessary to take any x-rays. But it was calming for me to see that the healing progressed.
Thank you for your blog. I broke my humerus six weeks ago, in Vail. It was comforting to read about your recovery.
I am n my second week of PT. It has its moments but can see progress.
Look forward to your next entry
my arm looked 100% exactly the same nearly 1 year and 3 months now
A fracture may be because of high force impact or stress,trivial injury in weak bones, such as osteoporosis etc.It may also lead to pcl tears,meniscus tears fractures etc.Visiting the best orthopaedic surgeon may be helpful before the fractures get worse.
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