I managed to make it out to the Ortho guy yesterday, who told me I most likely have impingement from the bone spur on the acromion (aka, the front edge of the shoulder blade, which is over and in front of the head of the humerus, and is not very funny). So, when I move my arm, the acromion rubs (or “impinges”) on, the surface of the rotator cuff. It’s also possible there’s a tear in the rotator cuff, but that would require an MRI to see. So, I don’t really think this is a job for Tiger Balm. Instead, I got a cortisone shot in the shoulder, and made sure to get a script for more drugs. Lortabs and coffee – the breakfast of champions. If it isn’t better in a couple of weeks, I’ll have to get an MRI and see what to do from there. Things aren’t totally pain free yet, but I have much more range of motion, am no longer in constant agony, and can even get some sleep. So that’s good. But, to add insult to injury, our Internet connection went down yesterday evening, and still isn’t back up. So here I am at work, without time to talk about my new hero the Jet Blue flight attendant, or about how horrible it is that Michelle Obama took a vacation. Maybe tomorrow.