On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:23:30 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-08-31 1:41 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:28:32 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>>
>> It is, isn't it? All that good stuff right here at home
>> It's the old unfixable rotator cuff thingy. You use different muscles
>> that were meant to do something else.
>
>Ouch. I am just healing from my third rotator cuff problem. I tired to
>yank a kayak up on shore while it was half full of water. The boat
>didn't budge when I yanked hard on it and it started to hurt the next
>day. By Day 3 I couldn't move the arm at all. I couldn't even slip a bar
>up soap up into my armpit without extreme pain, or even slip a towel up
>there to dry off. After a week and a half I had limited movement. Here
>I am 5 weeks later and it's pretty well healed, just a little stiffness
>when I move it too far back. Luckily, it was my left arm that was disabled.
>
>My friend is having a hell of a time with his right shoulder. While mine
>came on fast and healed quickly his got gradually worse. It started
>before my injury and he tried to take it easy for a while, but it is
>now almost as mine was at the onset.

I put on deodorant and brush my hair by lifting my arm onto a bathroom
windowsill. Awkward but it works -- still hurts though.
Janet US