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Letrozole
Hi, I've had my surgery, finished my radiation and now just started hormone therapy. What are people's experience with Letrozole? I've been nervous about starting hormone therapy because of all the si...
I am glad your GP was horrified at the weights you were lifting! Were you 'dead lifting'? (I sure hope you weren't lifting anything above your shoulders!)
Frozen shoulder is incredibly painful & inconvenient @HelenlovesSnoopy and it usually just gets worse, rarely better, with or without physio. I had 18 months of physio, TENS machine, and even acupuncture - it all only got worse. :( That was 22 years ago, my left shoulder, which was corrected by manipulation under a block anaesthetic & took 6+ months to get full range of movement back. At the time, I couldn't raise my arm above shoulder height, & had pain even washing my hair & eating and could not put my hand behind my back! it was always aching at night. I was told by the surgeon that it may come back in 10 years. It had some twinges last year & I thought it was returning - but has settled down again. I had an ultrasound when it was 'chronic' and once again, it shows some tears.
Then just over 10 years ago, I had acromioplasty on my right shoulder as it was as bad as the left was, but was a mix of frozen shoulder, rotator cuff tear & bicep tendon tear .... so needed keyhole surgery to rectify it. It took the best part of a year to get full range of movement back. Even now, I do my exercises in the shower every morning, with hot water on the shoulder (as hot as I can stand).
take care, ladies
Frozen shoulder is incredibly painful & inconvenient @HelenlovesSnoopy and it usually just gets worse, rarely better, with or without physio. I had 18 months of physio, TENS machine, and even acupuncture - it all only got worse. :( That was 22 years ago, my left shoulder, which was corrected by manipulation under a block anaesthetic & took 6+ months to get full range of movement back. At the time, I couldn't raise my arm above shoulder height, & had pain even washing my hair & eating and could not put my hand behind my back! it was always aching at night. I was told by the surgeon that it may come back in 10 years. It had some twinges last year & I thought it was returning - but has settled down again. I had an ultrasound when it was 'chronic' and once again, it shows some tears.
Then just over 10 years ago, I had acromioplasty on my right shoulder as it was as bad as the left was, but was a mix of frozen shoulder, rotator cuff tear & bicep tendon tear .... so needed keyhole surgery to rectify it. It took the best part of a year to get full range of movement back. Even now, I do my exercises in the shower every morning, with hot water on the shoulder (as hot as I can stand).
take care, ladies