Left shoulder go boom

Left shoulder go boom

Constant blog readers and guests to our inn are probably aware that I injured my left shoulder on the mad powder day just before Christmas. I was seen by a doctor at the clinic at the base of Rams Head at the time. We agreed that the best course of action would be to attempt to let the shoulder recover, and if it were still bothering me in mid February to begin the process to "repair" the injury...what ever that means.

Well February came and went. The shoulder did not get better (in fact it's probably gotten a little worse). The good doctors at Vermont Orthopedic gave me a preliminary diagnosis of a torn rotator cuff in my left shoulder and a ticket, after being approved by my insurance company, to subject myself to the 21st century version of "The Rack", better know as an MRI (Magneto Resonant Imaging) machine.

My first attempt at completing an MRI was on Monday evening. Unfortunately, I only made it through about 13 minutes in a 25 minute session. To get "good pictures" my shoulder was contorted by the technician. I have a pretty good pain threshold, I think, but the way my shoulder was twisted just was a little too much to take.

Tonight is MRI part two. Fortified with a prescription for a pain killer (I am doing this because my shoulder is in pain after all), we will try again to peak inside my left shoulder to see what damage has been done.

I have no idea where the course of future treatment will lead. It could be something simple like cortisone shots and physical therapy, to something more interesting like surgery. I do know one thing, however, golf season is coming... I need to get this thing fixed!

The weather the last couple of days at Killington has been damp. Spring showers settled in the area late yesterday afternoon. They finished early this morning by changing to light snow, coating the area with a minor accumulation of fresh white. Ski surfaces are predictably soft. Our chef just came back from his morning turns saying the mountain was in nice shape for spring skiing. With 5 days of sunshine predicted, goggle tans will be the order of the day around town and sunscreen sales are about to soar...... Let it snow!