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<blockquote data-quote="Kev68" data-source="post: 926390" data-attributes="member: 202895"><p>I first developed frozen shoulder in my left shoulder in Nov 2010 - the first few months were not too bad, intermittent pain and I didn't think too much of it. By April 2011 I was in agony, the slightest bump set it off. I was barely sleeping, waking up screaming (the neighbours must have thought I was either being killed or having amazing sex all night!). My GP gave me a few injections which barely helped and I had some physio which also didn't help much.</p><p></p><p>Towards the end of 2011 the right started to freeze - I didn't get the same excruciating pain as I did with the left but the end result was the same in terms of restricted movement. I recently had some more physic on the right and strangely enough this coincided with onset of lower back pain (not sure if it was as result of the physio, but very coincidental).</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm now left with both shoulders frozen - the right is the worst (still can't sleep on that side) as I can only raise to about 100°. The left has thawed a little - can get this to about 120°. It doesn't affect my sleep in the way it did at its worst, but I still wake up when I roll onto my right side. Putting on shirts/jackets is tricky but has improved massively. I'm seeing a specialist in September who is going to go thru the surgery options with me (mainly for the right side which is showing little sign of thawing at all).</p><p></p><p>I have dupuytrens in my right hand (little finger) - which seems to be accelerating. I'm also hypothyroid. Is there an auto immune connection here with frozen shoulders and connective tissue issues?</p><p></p><p>To date frozen shoulder has been possibly the most debilitating aspect of anything diabetes "related" I've experienced. The months without decent sleep were an absolute nightmare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kev68, post: 926390, member: 202895"] I first developed frozen shoulder in my left shoulder in Nov 2010 - the first few months were not too bad, intermittent pain and I didn't think too much of it. By April 2011 I was in agony, the slightest bump set it off. I was barely sleeping, waking up screaming (the neighbours must have thought I was either being killed or having amazing sex all night!). My GP gave me a few injections which barely helped and I had some physio which also didn't help much. Towards the end of 2011 the right started to freeze - I didn't get the same excruciating pain as I did with the left but the end result was the same in terms of restricted movement. I recently had some more physic on the right and strangely enough this coincided with onset of lower back pain (not sure if it was as result of the physio, but very coincidental). Anyway, I'm now left with both shoulders frozen - the right is the worst (still can't sleep on that side) as I can only raise to about 100°. The left has thawed a little - can get this to about 120°. It doesn't affect my sleep in the way it did at its worst, but I still wake up when I roll onto my right side. Putting on shirts/jackets is tricky but has improved massively. I'm seeing a specialist in September who is going to go thru the surgery options with me (mainly for the right side which is showing little sign of thawing at all). I have dupuytrens in my right hand (little finger) - which seems to be accelerating. I'm also hypothyroid. Is there an auto immune connection here with frozen shoulders and connective tissue issues? To date frozen shoulder has been possibly the most debilitating aspect of anything diabetes "related" I've experienced. The months without decent sleep were an absolute nightmare. [/QUOTE]
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