I have not really had an update about the issues with my arms in a while, in fact, I think my last post on the subject was sometime earlier this year. Last December I visited a specialist to look at my right elbow and aside from telling me to do some stretching exercises I was told to just give it time to heal.

I gave it time, ended up developing tennis elbow in my other arm and although the pain did not get any worse it also did not improve either. In all honesty, I just gave up on the pain ever going away and settled into a routine to at least keep my current pain levels at bay. I continued to avoid any heavy lifting but could not really avoid all repetitive motions. I also could not give up playing my video games for more than a couple of months. I also tried to ensure that I iced down my arms at least once a day to help with inflammation.

I thought this was just my life now, chronic pain in my arms, being mindful, and not going past my physical limitations.

My Doctor on the other hand did not give up on me.

When we went for our annual physical last week he asked about my arms, I was just brushing it off and he was not having it. He was not giving up on me. We discussed physical therapy and determined that would not work for me as it made it worse before. We are trying steroid shots again in the hopes that they will take care of the inflammation and allow my arms to finally heal. The last shot I had in 2021 didn’t work at all.

I am also back to absolutely no heavy lifting or repetitive motions so no video games for the next few months and my husband is also putting his foot down and making sure I take care of myself. Increased icing down my arms to at least a couple of times a day and trying to minimize activities.

If the pain does not go away or improve at all my Doctor suggested I give Acupuncture a try next.

My biggest takeaway was not the arms but the fact that my Doctor did not give up on me. While I was resigning to the chronic pain he said No.