I am on a medical seesaw. One week I’m feeling great, the next not so much. The weather has turned here and it’s perfect for riding in t-shirt and shorts. On Saturday, I rode 38 miles. Sunday 23. Monday 64. Tuesday 33. No problem. No pain. Just me and my Crosscheck cruising around the DMV.
Last night I was sitting watching the Nats game, an epic ten-inning come from behind smackdown of the Phillies. Around 11 pm, I noticed that my left shoulder was really sore. I’ve been having troubles with my left shoulder and arm for over a year, but this pain was in a different place: behind and on top of my shoulder.
I took some ibuprofen at bedtime and woke up to more pain and even some swelling. I’m right handed so having pain in the arm that I rarely even use makes no sense at all. I didn’t do anything to cause this. It just is.
Today was perfect riding weather but I had things to do. The morning involved errands. The afternoon was spent powerwashing my deck and patio. None of this activity involved my left shoulder. It’s still tender. I had a cortisone shot in this shoulder on March 1. The doctor said that if the shoulder felt okay after four weeks, I was in the clear. Yesterday was 5 1/2 weeks.
I am going to give it a couple of days to calm down but I am worried.
Apropos of nothing, did you grow up calling them teeter totters or seesaws? Tadpoles or polliwogs?
A Few Spokes Shy of a Wheel 
Teeter-totter and tadpoles. 🙂
I think Aaron Nola’s shoulder must’ve been tender too
See-saws and tadpoles
Marjorie Daw – as in “see-saw, Marjorie Daw”.
Still use tadpoles, never heard of a polliwog!