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well.... well done to those of you that said it was an ACJ separation.
went to see a specialist yesterday. he specialises in sports injuries. ther was even some bird from the Ausrtralian olympic ski team there (a finer arse i have not seen in quite some time!!!! wow!)
he seemed on the ball. spent some time pulling me around and agreed that that it was a Schultereckgelenksehnenverrenkung (beginning to enjoy saying that). he sent me off for more x-rays. they had me carrying weights, stretched out across a table, posing with my arm behind my back.
going back tomorrow for an MRI scan, too, which is good news, i guess.
he wouldn't say how long it'll take until he has seen the results which is fair enough.
he did say that the clavicle is sitting way too high and that the first doc should have seen that from the original x-ray, but maybe missed it due to the swelling. the clavicle is now an inch or so higher than it should be. after three weeks the tendons are now over stretched. he said one of the options was pinning the bone down with a titanium pate (cool!), cutting the tendons and allowing them to regrow at the required length. obviously that would mean surgery.
more time off work, but luckily last year was a good year (however i still have two tax bills to pay). as long as it is sorted by the time the snow melts down south i'll be happy.....
@ Drac, quite.
(Mrs FD here - orthopod, and therefore usual caveats of not having seen you etc)
What were the reasons given for an MRI? Seriously intrigued. The ACJ disruption is graded by how it looks on X-ray and therefore deducing what ligaments are injured. Management in the UK (NHS) is decided then by clinical review. What do you do for a living, what function do you need or want? Manual workers or people needing overhead function usually are offered surgery given your X-ray appearances. Surgery - hook plate or tight rope procedure.
If money is tight question the MRI. Can't you come back to the UK for treatment?
[i]Can't you come back to the UK for treatment? [/i]
He got branded a health tourist last time this was brought up in relation to something else!
My 2p - get treatment locally - it sounds like it's going to be a long road to recovery and you want continuity of care. Also, once you've paid the excess (which will probably have been exceeded already) I assume it's all covered anyway? I am not a Dr.
@ Mrs Dunc....
i don't know. guess that the first x-ray didn't show anything massively untoward yet there is obviously something not quite right he wanted a better look.
i'm a carpenter/joiner and occasional bike guide so i [b][i]need [/i][/b] my shoulder.
as wwwwwwwwwas says, after the excess is exceeded it's no longer my problem. i could return to the UK for treatment, but seeing as i haven't paid anything into he system in the last six years i would see that as a bit of a piss take. maybe when i'm old and living my life in the south of spain i'll consider it 😉
Glad they now found the problem and hope your sorted soon. The specialist is right about the swelling it's more than possible why it wasn't evident the first time due to severe swelling it makes it hard to spot injuries, this is why they usually do a follow up check and ask if there's an issues after being checked to return.
tomfun - Member
I have a bump on my shoulder like yours, although its not quite as big. I had an OTB at speed and a tree was kind enough to break my fall with the full force of my shoulder going into it.
Same here, except after hitting the tree with my left shoulder I found a convenient tree stump to do a matching injury to my right 😥
I've never looked at larch trees quite the same since.