virgomama and PastTense Years ago, I took a flight from Virginia to NY and close to landing time, I started feeling like my wrist was breaking and one shoulder was being pulled out...it was TERRIBLE. I kept looking around the plane at other passengers to see if they looked like they were in pain. No one did but I was clutching my shoulder and my wrist and I felt like I was about to start screaming. Once we landed, the pain dissipated but a dark purple bulge appeared on the wrist, it was the size of a ping pong ball, it wasn't particularly painful, just weird looking. I had a doctor's appointment and I told her what happened and showed it to her, she said that whatever fluid was in that joint had literally blown it out. The shoulder had a terrible rotator cuff tear that had not yet been diagnosed. That thing hurt when we drove in the mountains, I had to strap my arm to my body. I do feel like a bit of a barometer sometimes. Remember those ones with the little people who would come out of the doors? If it was going to be nice, I guess they were smiling, if it was going to rain, there was an umbrella, I think. Just a weird aside...with R..A., my joints have the same reaction to any dramatic weather changes. It can be going from rainy to absolutely beautiful and the transition is NOT pleasant!
Ellen
PT and congrats 6dof
