Update Shoulder Injury

[237SJ]

Re my mum: I knew something didn`t add up with the supposed bone met pain and it seems I was right in the first place - it`s a fractured collarbone. Just thought I`d do an update.

[Mamyalynne]

Thanksf or the update, she must have been hurting.

[Mamyalynne]

Thanks for ^

[237SJ]

Thanks mamya. Yes, she is still in pain and if we hadn`t gone back to check the pain med was OK, she would have been sitting at home with a wrong diagnosis.

[Brinjal]

Poor Mum at least you now know the problem.

[Sqad]

Thanks for the update 237.....who gave an opinion on the X-Ray in the first place?

[lady-janine]

poor thing. hope all treatment from now on is helping her.

[pixie373]

Well done for getting it found. Hope she feels better soon xx

[daffy654]

Aww, fractured collarbones are very painful, especially as there is little they can do to help it heal other than immobilise the arm on that side. I hope her pain is eased soon.

[237SJ]

Thanks for the replies. Sqad - it was a doctor. It happened the night before her monthly Zometa appointment so while we were in the oncology dept, I thought I would ask about an x ray as I thought she had a fracture abd it would save having to go to the GP and starting the process from there. We duly did that and were told there was no fracture. I queried what the "snicking" sound that she heard when she got the sudden onset of pain. I thought that if it was not a fracture, it must have been a ligament or something. He said that it was just bone met pain from the known mets in her humerus. I just knew he was wrong. The usual oncology doctor was off sick that day and the one we saw was someone they must have dragged in from some other part of the hospital. When she had her pelvic fracture, I knew it was a fracture and they said it was muscular. Good job I don`t take their word for it and use my own common sense isn`t it :-)

[Sqad]

237 LOL.......well yes......but as you well know, I have always respected your opinion.

[237SJ]

LOL .. but if I was at work and a customer had those symptoms, I would have treated for a fracture (we`ve got some very nice Temgesic they could have)

[Sqad]

237....I know!.....I know!.........;-)