[Magdalen] frozen shoulder (no Anglican content)

[Marion Thompson]

Interesting intersection!

Marion, a pilgrim


On 3/20/2017 8:11 PM, Sibyl Smirl wrote:
> Reading late, as I usually am (and frequently _too_ late to make any 
> useful reply to what I'm reading), I had the distinct impression on 
> seeing this thread that it related to the common expression, "the cold 
> shoulder" and that it was something about social skills.
>
> That's a clear indication that I know zero about frozen shoulders, of 
> course, but I had recurring episodes of something resembling bursitis, 
> all my early life.  Never went to a doctor with it, but looked it up 
> and read that the usual treatment for it was immobilization with a 
> sling, pain-killers, and anti-inflammatory drugs, and for worse cases, 
> doctors might prescribe steroids.  So I used Aspirin for both 
> analgesic and anti-inflammatory, never wanted the hassle of a sling 
> with no use of the arm, but did favor the arm (of course, the pain was 
> a good reminder to put no strain on it), and eventually the episode 
> always faded into history. Until the next time.  The last time that I 
> ever had it, I was in my late forties, and we were doing Sacramental 
> Anointing of the Sick every Wednesday evening Eucharist at St. 
> Philip's, with a lot of people going forward and kneeling at the Altar 
> Rail for it.  I went up every week, for my chronic cyclical clinical 
> depression, and it did seem to help it, but it always came back (I 
> called it "Spiritual Dialysis"). Anyway, one week I happened to be in 
> the middle of a bad spell of shoulder, and at the rail I prayed for 
> that.  Nothing happened instantly, but an hour after Anointing the 
> pain was much less, and by the following morning, all gone. (This was 
> much too rapid to be typical for my "spells".)  I haven't had a speck 
> of bursitis since then, more than twenty years.
>
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> On 3/16/17 11:57 AM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
>> Well, Chad, as they say, laughter is the best medicine.
>> LOL.
>> Ginga
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Charles Wohlers <
>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Much commiserations.
>>>
>>> Wish I could help, but, while we have lots of frozen shoulders here,
>>> they're all by the side of the roads.
>>>
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>
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