She's gotta screw loose!!

I don't know if you remember but my Mom dislocated her shoulder on Thanksgiving (which was also her birthday). She had a screw put in her shoulder 36 years ago to prevent it from coming out of socket and it worked for a good long time. She is not one to go to the doctor, so I made her promise me she would go if it didn't get better. Well, it didn't.

She went to the regular doctor on wednesday and he said that he thought it was ok but (on her request) did an MRI. It keeps kinda slipping in and out so she knew it wasn't ok. Thursday was the MRI and Friday to the specialist. This specialist isn't just some country bumpkin. He has famous clients from all over America who go to him for their surgery because he is so good. Some of them are/were Terry Bradshaw, Bart Star, Jack Nicklaus. Regis Philman, Tom Landry, and many more. So we trust him.

He took some x-rays, looked at the MRI and then took more x-rays trying to figure out where the screw was suppose to be and desided that it isn't where it is suppose to be even though he has no clue where it is suppose to be. Still with me? Good. It's just kinda floating around in the soft tissue. He gave her a cordisone shot and said if in 2 weeks it wasn't better, he would have to go in, take the screw out, and then look to see what he could do to fix her. The screw is medal (obviously) and so it messed up the MRI enough to where he couldn't see if she tore anything.

When she moves her arm certain ways, she gets a sharp pain and thinks it's the screw poking her. She now has real bad tendonitis and is still in a lot of pain. She is a physical therapist so this is causing problems with her job. Hopefully, she can get this all taken care of soon.

I feel bad for her but at least now it is medically proven that my Mom does in fact have a screw loose. I've known that all along but now I have proof!