So the last time we left off in the adventures of Mel, we were in the middle of an intensive class and feeling a little overwhelmed. So on today's exciting episode, we will be bringing you up to date.
So after the intensive things went back to normal. Work, school, study, sleep and repeat. The play that I was going to be doing had to be cancelled due to lack of men. So my schedule slowed down just a bit.
One night after a helping a friend do her taxes we were enjoying a lovely steak dinner, that she had made, with 2 other friends. During the conversation a challenge of combat was thrown down between two of the girls. So doing what anyone would do, we moved the furniture and prepared for battle. (I must say this fight was completely in fun and not in anyway done in anger.) As the fight got going we realized that it was not going to anywhere and was going to be boring. Then someone had the clever idea that Mel aka ME would be great at this and she should give it a shot. So I took all my jewelry off pulled my hair up and got into the "ring".
Round One: Ended rather quickly with my pinned tightly on the floor.
Round Two: Was a bit longer, but in the process I felt this sharp pop in my right arm. I got up checked myself, and I could still move and feel my arm.
Round Three: This was our longest round! I got the other girl pinned for like 1/2 a second, but that didn't last long.
After three round, we decided to end so that I could study and she could go watch the Oscars. So that is what we did. My arm was not feeling great, but I tried to blow it off.
NEXT DAY: I called my sister to tell her what happened and ask her for her amazing medical advice. She promptly and nicely told me I was not as young as I used to be, and that I needed to get to the Doctor ASAP. So I get an appointment that day and the Doctor tells me to go get X-Rays done. So I do.
FEW DAYS LATER: I get the Results back and X-Rays are negative, and she want me to come in to meet with a Physical Therapist. I get to the the Doctor and the PT looks at me and says "this is more that we are thinking it is she needs an MRI" So off to the MRI I go.
2 1/2 Weeks after Injury: I get the MRI results and I have a completely torn tendon in my shoulder, and I need to go see a Orthopedic Surgeon.
3 Weeks after Injury(aka Yesterday)- The orthopedic at first thinks that the MRI results I was given are wrong and that he want to just do physical therapy then go from there...until he starts messing with the images and then finally sees the tear in my shoulder tendon. So then change of plans...I will do 1 months of PT then talk about when we can schedule surgery. I found the funniest thing about this appointment is my doctor kept asking if I had been in some crazy car accident or motorcycle accident before this injury, because this injury is very uncommon in my age group and it would take a very large force to snap the tendon of someone my age.
So now I have my first PT appointment tomorrow, and then we will see how we go from there. On top of all of this it is currently finals week so I am trying to write paper, and keep my arm still so that it does not hurt as much...not doing a great job at either of these tasks.
Well that is the end of the episode for today...hope you enjoyed it...I will try to keep you updated on the progress as it happens. Thanks for reading!
So after the intensive things went back to normal. Work, school, study, sleep and repeat. The play that I was going to be doing had to be cancelled due to lack of men. So my schedule slowed down just a bit.
One night after a helping a friend do her taxes we were enjoying a lovely steak dinner, that she had made, with 2 other friends. During the conversation a challenge of combat was thrown down between two of the girls. So doing what anyone would do, we moved the furniture and prepared for battle. (I must say this fight was completely in fun and not in anyway done in anger.) As the fight got going we realized that it was not going to anywhere and was going to be boring. Then someone had the clever idea that Mel aka ME would be great at this and she should give it a shot. So I took all my jewelry off pulled my hair up and got into the "ring".
Round One: Ended rather quickly with my pinned tightly on the floor.
Round Two: Was a bit longer, but in the process I felt this sharp pop in my right arm. I got up checked myself, and I could still move and feel my arm.
Round Three: This was our longest round! I got the other girl pinned for like 1/2 a second, but that didn't last long.
After three round, we decided to end so that I could study and she could go watch the Oscars. So that is what we did. My arm was not feeling great, but I tried to blow it off.
NEXT DAY: I called my sister to tell her what happened and ask her for her amazing medical advice. She promptly and nicely told me I was not as young as I used to be, and that I needed to get to the Doctor ASAP. So I get an appointment that day and the Doctor tells me to go get X-Rays done. So I do.
FEW DAYS LATER: I get the Results back and X-Rays are negative, and she want me to come in to meet with a Physical Therapist. I get to the the Doctor and the PT looks at me and says "this is more that we are thinking it is she needs an MRI" So off to the MRI I go.
2 1/2 Weeks after Injury: I get the MRI results and I have a completely torn tendon in my shoulder, and I need to go see a Orthopedic Surgeon.
3 Weeks after Injury(aka Yesterday)- The orthopedic at first thinks that the MRI results I was given are wrong and that he want to just do physical therapy then go from there...until he starts messing with the images and then finally sees the tear in my shoulder tendon. So then change of plans...I will do 1 months of PT then talk about when we can schedule surgery. I found the funniest thing about this appointment is my doctor kept asking if I had been in some crazy car accident or motorcycle accident before this injury, because this injury is very uncommon in my age group and it would take a very large force to snap the tendon of someone my age.
So now I have my first PT appointment tomorrow, and then we will see how we go from there. On top of all of this it is currently finals week so I am trying to write paper, and keep my arm still so that it does not hurt as much...not doing a great job at either of these tasks.
Well that is the end of the episode for today...hope you enjoyed it...I will try to keep you updated on the progress as it happens. Thanks for reading!
