Life Time Update............

Why is it whenever I have something actually going on in my life I tend not to post about it? Hmm...

Last Saturday night/Sunday morning my left shoulder started hurt so bad, I almost went to the ER. I have a history of pain/issues with my shoulders, but mostly with the left one. Last weekend though was the first time in years that it hurt that much. Way back when I was told I had tendonitis in my shoulder. No tests or anything, just the every thing is tendonitis diagnosis they like to give out.
Anyway, I held off going to the ER, one because it seems silly to go there for a sore shoulder and two because of the cost, even with insurance.
So I called Family Medicine, where I have my regular doctor, right away Monday morning to try and see him or whomever was available. My doc was out of town, but I got an appointment to see somebody else that afternoon. He examined me and said it sounded like rotator cuff issues. He asked if I had an xray and I said I couldn't remember, but didn't think so. So he sent me off for one. I go back to see doc and he says it shows some arthritis in my shoulder joint and tendonitis of the rotator cuff tendons. He wanted me to get cortisone shots in the joint and the rotator, got that set up for Wednesday, and he took me off work through Friday.
Came in Wednesday and saw the doctor that was going to do the shots and he said from a quick exam that he didn't think the shot in the joint was going to really do anything, so he just gave me a couple of shots in the rotator cuff area. The info they gave me said to do mild activities for the next 7-10 days. Well, work isn't really "mild activities", so I stopped back to see about getting my work release extended. To work on my station you have to be able to lift 35 pounds, not sure that's good for the shoulder/or if I could. So I got an appointment for Friday to see the doctor again, and after talking with him for awhile he took me off work through the 14th. Then I go back to see him and see how things are going.
So now it's Saturday, four days after the shot, and I don't see a whole lot of difference. Ugh... Still have discomfort/pain/and it's hard to have full range of motion with the shoulder.
Wish me luck with getting this cleared up by the 14th. :(

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Friday night I went to see Culture Club in concert.
Oh the great memories.
I saw them once before on what I think was their first big USA tour.
Friday night I had company for the ride back and forth to the show. My friend, thirteenrocks got a ticket from some friends of his.
I found my seat and there was a couple behind me that spend all time talking about "all the empty" seats up front and how they should move forward. Eventually they actually did move up several rows. Then the people came for those seats and they moved over a couple of more chairs. Eventually they had to give up and come back to their own seats. Poor babies.
Culture Club eventually came out on stage with many more people then I remember from way back when. I wish they had brought back their old back up singer, Helen Terry. She had an amazing voice. Check out a couple of the videos below.
It was a really good show. Boy George's voice wasn't quite as pure as when they first hit it big. Not sure if it's age, the drugs, a combination of both.
At one point, Boy George tried to quiet things down for a song. He tried to shush people. They started the song "Victims", but there was still a fair amount of chattering going on, and he just stopped the song and said he wasn't going to sing it if people were going to keep talking, and he told the band to move on to the next song. I thought, uh oh Diva melt down in progress, but not really. He calmly just moved the band on to the next song which was a really cool version of "The War Song".
Near the end of the concert they did a tribute to Prince and sang a fantastic version of "Purple Rain"
Then they ended the concert by coming back and doing the song "Victims", and it was FANTASTIC. :)

Unfortunately, the night ended with my vehicle acting up again and doing what it was just "fixed" for, at a cost of $150. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( A Couple of Songs )