Bleh!
I was a lot more sore after working today than I'd figured on being. I had 988 or 989 email messages to slog through, and slog I did. Something in my daily typing at work, moreso than my daily typing at home, requires me to reach across the keyboard with my right hand, and I got a little stab every time I had to do that. So I did not have a great day at work, and my human resources representative also gave some not-great news. I have FMLA, which expires in September, and I thought I'd be able to use random time from that to take off from work if I am in too much pain, or if I need to schedule physical therapy during work hours. But that was continuous FMLA. In order to have off any other time due to the shoulder, I have to fill out another claim for Intermittent FMLA, and have my doctor's office sign off on it. Fantastic. I really wish I'd known about that when I asked last week if there was anything else I needed to know about before coming back to work. :-/
I did get lots of really nice welcome back, and that made it all a lot easier to bear. :-)
I'm getting stronger, and am now able to lift my arm all the way up both forward and to the side. 3 sets of 10 reps each way! Next week, Paul says they'll add weights. My current extra miserable exercise is the doorway pectoral stretch. Wowwwwww! With emphasis on the owwwww.
Today's new sneaky exercise is oscillating with the TheraBand FlexBar. Sneaky because all you do is stand with the arm out and vibrate the bar. But as Paul warned me, it definitely does wear out the shoulder! Whew. Ready to relax a bit and watch the Blu-ray my husband got me for our anniversary! With my peas. :-) Have a good night!
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