Martin,
I also have a frozen shoulder in my dominant arm. Since May this year.
I am on a wonderful Facebook support group page. There are plenty around. YouTube has some great videos on physio exercises you can do at home..... best to wait until you move into the thawing stage though. I KNOW you have YouTube, so thereโs no excuses there! ๐
It seems you are still in the โvery painfulโ stage..... freezing. Iโve just moved into thawing, almost no pain, or at least, the pain is manageable.... but there are days I cry from the pain, so I know it all too well. Also known as 50yr shoulder! ๐
I have found that a TENS machine has worked absolute wonders for me. There are many different types. Physio did absolutely nothing, except cause more pain. Cortisone injections x 3 did absolutely nothing. Chiropractor was expensive and did absolutely nothing....but what is factual, is that this condition resolves itself even if you do absolutely nothing! Anywhere from 6mths, to 3 yrs. (guidelines only)
Re: diabetes..... start researching the sugar carb values of each food item you eat! Porridge is actually quite high in sugar! Oats is also a natural inflamitory food.....so itโs just not beneficial for you, in your current health condition.
Replace all your sugar (white, brown, caster, sweetener, maple syrup, etc) with natvia,(Stevie) or monk fruit blend. Itโs a tad dearer, yes, but it has a GI of 0! Will not spike your insulin whatsoever.
I actually know quite a bit about GI if you are at all interested in finding a better food pyramid to eat from, that will help with diabetes and arthritis pain, inflammation etc. The current food pyramid is rubbish! No one should be following the current food pyramid!
Dare I say it, it become a label and ingredient stalker when shopping. I rarely buy packaged food anymore. Itโs all fresh foods mostly.
But you could also research this all yourself, as I did. I actually research and read online, a lot!
Re rego:
I donโt know about Vic, but NSW job centres will pay car rego to those who have to meet there job search commitments, to get to interviews, training, job interviews etc. They will also give out petrol vouchers to those who require travel for job interviews, etc. worth just asking because itโs not advertised. They will even pay for phone credit, buy you a new phone etc.....
As for growing your own garden as Lyndal suggested, itโs a wonderful idea, and you obviously have the space and the great thing is, that veggie plants will grow just as well in pots, as in the ground. Winner winner.
Youtube has great self watering ideas made from large soft drink bottles, that you can install for the times you are away from home.
One last thing, and this comes from personal experience and you WONT LIKE IT (also from personal experience) .... for goodness sake STOP living in the past!! It has passed, thatโs why itโs called past! Yes, itโs put you where you are now, but you are not a bloody tree! If you donโt like it, then move! Do something PRO-Active to better your life and stop living in a bucket of self pity and misery. We all have a back story, a life that we hate, loathe, cringe about. We all have our miseries, our trials and tribulations to cope with. You are 52.... be 52! Look forward and move forward. Stop letting your past, steal your future! Give yourself a good boot up the backside and get on with life! I KNOW ITS HARD! I bloody know this better than I want to, trust me, but you said yourself, misery loves company ..... but if you keep feeding the crowd, it wonโt leave!
Sometimes we need a good slap up the side of the face to see just how self destructive we actually are to our own lives. Our emotions can be our worst enemy, or our saviour..... the choice IS YOURS!
You have two choices. A solution or an excuse. All Iโve seen from you here, are your excuses! Get in the drivers seat and move into the next gear and for your sake, change the damn station.
I make no apologies for being blunt..... I understand misery, pain, loss, hate, self loathing, depression, anger, denial, spite, jealousy....... Iโve been in some very very dark places and Iโve been on the very edge of self destruction, but I got to those places because of my inability to see that I was my own worst enemy. So nope! I make no apologies for being upfront, blunt, in your face with a shovel.
The choice is, and always will be..........yours!
Im here if you need someone to vent to, or to confide in, or to yell at!
xxj
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