my rear patio

1- the occasional moan makes one feel better, glad to oblige.
2-don’t you just love repairing someone else’s jerry-rigged mess?
3- TAKE CARE OF THAT SHOULDER !!!!!! can’t have you missing too many pints!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

So sorry about that shoulder Mike! Hope you manage to get some rest during the day to make up for those painful nights!
And as Dini says:”the occasional moan makes one feel better, glad to oblige”

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Moan away, I say!!! It does at times make one feel so much better.

Do take care of that shoulder … and if the pain persists, then you need to get into a doctor!!!! Don’t be a “guy” about this (guys here in America avoid the doctor like the plague). Anyway, I truly wish you a speedy recovery cuz I know your pub friends are missing your wonderful singing and sharing of the Cider.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

a moan a day keeps the doctor away.. oh wait, I think that is an apple a day!

Rick’s had shoulder troubles for YEARS and years and years… I took him to my naturopath who did a little acupuncture on him and the pain is gone. Now it only hurts if he does something silly like lift cement slabs in the heat of summer or something like that.

Hope your recovery is fast so you can enjoy your cider again.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I feel for you Mike.
Did my right should a bad turn back in Feburary with a sheet of 3/4” plywood and it still makes me wake up at night.
I am using Tylenol arthritis now right after work and oft times folowed with A-535 rub before bed,
Not recommending a cure but it let’s me get the tough tasks done during the day and still get some precious slleep at night.
None of this is a substiture for a decent night out at the bar. <g>
Get well soon

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

Next time you should ask for help with projects like that Mike.Bad injuries seem to last a lifetime.I hope you feel better soon though and can lift the ole pint again.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Maybe its natures way of saying go steady on the cider Mike…......or of course it could be…......take it steady on the work

-- Derbyshire------- English Countryside

i know i still think im 40 in the mind and natures paying me back , going to see the doc today having waited 5 days for this appointment thanks for all the good advice folks and i will keep taking the pills but not getting much sleep. that reminds me ,

DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE DISLEXIC , AGNOSTIC , INSOMNIAC WHO LAID AWAKE ALL NIGHT WONDERING IF THERE WAS A DOG ?
regards mike

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

Love your sense of humour Mike.Keep it coming. ( lol )

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Good luck at the doctor’s today … hope he/she is able to help!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

well i will survive i have damaged the shoulder muscle that surrounds it so on the good side i have still got a muscle left, read this slow as i am typing it slow with my left hand. i now have 3 lots of pills which makes me rattle a bit.
i asked the doctor if i will be able to play the piano when this gets better, he said of course you will, which is great news because i couldn`t play it before!!!
regards mike

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

That last line is a good one, Mike. ”i asked the doctor if i will be able to play the piano when this gets better, he said of course you will, which is great news because i couldn`t play it before!!!”

Sometimes, when I work in the garden, I wonder if it is worth all the pain at the end of the day. Then I sit down with a nice single malt and suddenly the pain dissapates, and the garden starts to look good. I sure did a lot of lugging of stone in here to get the bones established for these gardens here.

No Pain – No Gain.

Hope you’re feeling better. Have a single malt with me in mind, Mike.

-- jroot

Well that is GREAT NEWS Mike!!! So on the mend from here!!! Take care my friend … :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

If you damaged the rotator cuff, you had best do what the Dr. orders, my friend, and if he suggests physiotherapy, do it! I tore mine several years ago, and it was a long slow road to recovery, including several weeks p.t., just to be able to raise the arm over shoulder level.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

HI DINI YES I DONT THINK I GOING TO DO ANY MORE SHOVELLING AND CONCRETING FOR A WHILE.
THIS PROBLEM OF BEING ABLE TO LIFT MY RIGHT ARM IS WORRYING I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO PRACTISE LOWERING MY MOUTH DOWN TO THE MUG OF CIDER .
REGARDS MIKE

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

Once the shoulder heals, therapy can help you regain your range of motion and strength, but it truly is a long, slow, painful (I think all physiotherapists are sadists, lol)road.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Oh Mike, you are too funny lol,lol

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

How ya feeling today Mike??? Medication help ya get a good night’s rest? I’m feeling for ya … I have that nasty arthritis in my left shoulder; and some nights … arg!!!! Anyway, just checking in … :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b