Proximal Humerus Fractures: Leave It Alone! It Will Do Just Fine - Aaron Nauth, MD 

I fell at work 17 days ago on May 2nd and fractured my proximal humeral head in three places. The pain was out of control and then I get to the ER and the PA told me he was going to give me oral pain medication. Now I know that oral medications usually take anywhere from half an hour to an hour to even start to work so obviously I was not happy about that. With pain that was off the charts I asked him if I could have IV pain medication and he said they didn't have enough staff to have someone put in an IV 👎😫😡. They sent me home with a script for pain medication but nothing ever touched the pain. Definitely a lot better than I was almost 3 weeks ago but still very painful and swollen and a lot of bruising which is to be expected. I'm looking forward to physical therapy and getting my right arm and hand back which is my dominant side of course😂. I hope you heal well and have a speedy recovery.

I'm glad to hear you're healing well and are positive. I wish you a speedy and healthy recovery. I fell at work on May 2nd and fractured my proximal humeral head in three places. I'll be 53 in August and this is the first time I ever broke a bone. And I've done quite a lot as far as being active such as rock climbing very challenging hikes I worked in several emergency departments and was always in some sort of scuffle with patients that needed to be restrained and were uncooperative. I've been lucky up to this point but I definitely did a number on my shoulder. The orthopedist that read my CT when I was in the ER said that it is very highy likely that I'm going to need surgery. I've had two other orthopedists now tell me that I don't need surgery I just need to let it heal and it's just going to take time. I'm glad I didn't go to that other orthopedist office. Best of luck with your continued healing.

@@garybesaw good luck! And stay positive!

@@pamelag.00 I'm definitely trying to stay positive but there's times when I feel like I'm never going to heal from this because the pain is so awful.

I'm about 9 months into my injury, been using 5 pound dumbells and it hurts a lot. I can't even lift the 12 pound one and the work I do for money has become very painful. Can you clarify if that's normal still 9 months in? Should I be fine in a year or so?

How is it going for you? My fracture is about 10 months old. It still hurts a lot

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The fourth specialist sounds like a crack, how can they know what you need without any imaging?

@@timeslowingdown Yes, exactly. I'm happy to say thought that i'm now almost recovered. Thank you