OUCH!

My right shoulder has been bothering me for a few months and I finally called last month and got an appointment with the orthopedic doc.

A few x-rays and arm raising and poking and prodding later, the diagnosis is a problem with the Acromioclavicular Joint, where the collarbone and shoulder blade meet. It is bone on bone as was the left shoulder about 9 years ago. A different surgeon successfully operated on that one in 1998; I spent 6 weeks in a sling. I mentioned that today and this doc (who did my ACL reconstruction in 2003) said he could do the repair arthroscopically and I would only be in a sling for 3 days. Good thing since a great deal of what I do at work is write on the board and I'm right handed.

I got a cortisone injection to see if that would help ease the pain and a return visit in 6 weeks. So far it's offered no relief...