Thursday, July 9, 2009

Jul 9, 2009

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:


-------Original Message-------
From: Irene L Clark
Date: 7/9/2009 2:38:26 PM
To: Dr. Lisa Earle
Subject: Being a patient patient

Dear Aunt Lisl:

I well understand your impatience with not feeling perfectly well and would react
that way myself. But we impatient patients must learn to be patient patients--
somehow!

Remember that when someone undergoes a procedure, the recovery usually
requires six weeks, at least. Bill has a very painful shoulder for which he finally
went to the doctor and learned that he has either tendonitis or a small tear in the
rotator cuff. To get back motion and reduce the pain, he has been going to a
physical therapist, has to do painful exercises,ice the shoulder twice a day, and he
was told that recovery will take SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR!

Needless to say, he is not happy about this and growls through his exercises with
great irritation..

Please keep up your spirits! We are all plugging for you!

Love,

Irene
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