Recalls

The Naturopath wanted to run some tests and a Mammogram was one of them.

So...I got the mammogram.  Then the next day I get a recall.  Now I have heard for a long time about recalls due to manufacturing defects.  I began to wonder if I suffered from a belated manufacturing defect and was being recalled to fix something?

After the repeat mammogram, this time only on one side with a movable head on the X-ray machine that acted similarly to a CT scanner that did slices of the subject matter and then an ultrasound, I was given the go ahead and continue living a worry free life as it was only a swollen lymph gland.  No fixes were necessary.

But...you might be curious as to why I would have a swollen lymph gland in the first place.  Back about four months ago I took a bad fall and landed on my elbow and my knee on that same side.  The bruising on my elbow was horrific and wrapped entirely around the elbow.  Arnicare cream helped to reabsorb the bruising and brought some relief.  However...it was feared I had broken my humerus and some X-rays were taken which showed no breaks.  The pain I was in was really terrific and would not abate.

Almost two months later an MRI showed two tendon tears in my shoulder, the supraspinatus and the infraspinatus tendons were both torn.  No amount of movement by me would allow the shoulder to move freely.  After the MRI the Ortho Doc injected some steroids and two pain relievers and then I had more free movement, but still pain and some.

The swollen lymph gland is most likely a result of swelling still in the area of my shoulder and one day soon, I get to start PT very soon, will dissipate.