I have an amazing circle of friends, but they don’t always give me the best advice.
- I was telling Julie that I had overextended my shoulder and I had a lot of pain since it happened.
She thought I should get physical therapy and offered to do it for me. She was a licensed physical therapy but without a healthcare worker’s note, he wasn’t sure how much disfigurement was actually done; When he started working on the shoulder, I began getting even more pain than I previously had. She told me to work through it, even though I was in tears every time I moved the shoulder. His bestie Bobby told me I should try medical marijuana. I didn’t know of a healthcare worker who could examine my shoulder and suggest medical marijuana. He offered me the names of two pain specialists who could suggest medical marijuana, but he said they were fancy. I called my family physician and told his about my shoulder. After getting x-rays and an ultrasound, I was told I needed surgery. The tendons were torn, and I had a crack in the ball joint. She was suggesting surgery, but first, he wanted me to go to a shoulder specialist. Two weeks later, I was getting ready to undergo surgery which was going to keep me out of work for almost six months, and I needed 24-hour help because it was my dominant arm, and julie stayed with me while I needed help and never once offered physical therapy, but he did set me up with a healthcare worker who helped me get medical marijuana for the pain.