Oh to be on the lathe and NOT in A&E for a change :-)

[Random Orbital Bob]

Had a nice productive day today. Pork and crackling on the go as I type this for Easter family dinner. Bunch of gardening chores under the belt and a few spinny bits to boot. A good day and that's for sure. Tradition in our household for easter day is to draw faces on your boiled eggs before you cook them. Discovered we hadn't enough egg cups for all four of us so that was first on the lathe. Simple piece of birch. Food safe finish and all done with the skew and one tickle with 240. That was it for the finish. The one still on the lathe is a piece of Apple that I didn't get finished.

The kitchen roll holder is just for the garage, Laburnum base and oak stem. I do love Laburnum...its sort of "local mahogany"

 

[Dalboy]

I bet it felt good as well. A very productive day and something to show at the end of it well done, enjoy yourself that is all I can say.

Great looking egg cup now you can have your eggs

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

I'm not jealous at all....... No.... Not one little bit........ :---)

I still can't manage to lift my arm above moob height, so no turning for me.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

I read some of your BLOG Tom but didn't discover whats actually wrong with your shoulder. Did you injure it or have you a frozen shoulder or some such?

I've got tennis elbow in my left arm and that's painful on the lathe so I sympathise. Don't even play tennis!

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

I fell on it in November. About 12 feet.
I've damaged the rotator cuff, and the ball of the humerous is sitting too high in the socket of the scapula.
During assessment they discovered severe deterioration in the joint, which it seems is age related. I have torn muscle in the rotator cuff and calcification where the muscle has healed previously.
Physiotherapy is helping, but there is a chance I could be left with a frozen shoulder. The physio thinks it unlikely I will get the full range of movement back.
Other than that I'm tickety boo

 

[woodfarmer]

I had a little op on my arm last Tuesday. was sore then and itchy on Wednesday. Been fine since then using both lathes and today moved a greenhouse from the kitchen garden to the veggie plot. Been a big (good) surprise

 

[swb58]

I've got tennis elbow in my left arm and that's painful on the lathe so I sympathise. Don't even play tennis!
Post Posted: Yesterday, 19:51

I had that years ago, made many tasks awkward and painful including having a cuppa. Eventually went to the Doc, a short course of tablets effected a miraculous and swift cure. If you haven't done that too I urge you to do so.

PS. I don't play tennis either

 

[Graham Orm]

Nice job Bob. Don't understand the reference to A&E??

I had Tennis Elbow a while back, it's cleared up now. I don't play tennis either, but my brother does. Seems I must have caught it from him!

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Excellent....your collective muscular, orthopaedic and tendon related woes have considerably eased my burden

May your procedures be short and the pain be non existent.

A&E Graham was a reference to the day before when my youngest (bone op patient) decided to fall off a little stool he uses to reach the taps in the bathroom and in so doing flipped his foot so the toe touched his shin! This is the foot on the surgery leg of course. He was in agony, the foot went blue, then red, it was like a fireworks display. Off to A&E on Easter Saturday...it was like a bloody football match! 6 hours later we came home after an x ray and no break thank goodness. I had been complaining bitterly on the forum like a pathetic whimp most of the previous day (bored in the waiting room on my batphone) basically lamenting my bad luck and taking pot shots at poor unsuspecting posters (sorry for being grumpy anyone that caught the rough end of my mood that day).

I've just had my fill of hospitals in the last several months that's all and I was really resenting the intrusion into what was going to be a fun weekend.

 

[blackrodd]

I'm Very glad to hear that you're Easter ended on a happier note and the man cub is OK now.
I was wondering if the big bad wolf did find his Easter egg in the end?
Regards Rodders

 

[Graham Orm]

Excellent....your collective muscular, orthopaedic and tendon related woes have considerably eased my burden

May your procedures be short and the pain be non existent.

A&E Graham was a reference to the day before when my youngest (bone op patient) decided to fall off a little stool he uses to reach the taps in the bathroom and in so doing flipped his foot so the toe touched his shin! This is the foot on the surgery leg of course. He was in agony, the foot went blue, then red, it was like a fireworks display. Off to A&E on Easter Saturday...it was like a bloody football match! 6 hours later we came home after an x ray and no break thank goodness. I had been complaining bitterly on the forum like a pathetic whimp most of the previous day (bored in the waiting room on my batphone) basically lamenting my bad luck and taking pot shots at poor unsuspecting posters (sorry for being grumpy anyone that caught the rough end of my mood that day).

I've just had my fill of hospitals in the last several months that's all and I was really resenting the intrusion into what was going to be a fun weekend.

Ah! I missed it completely, glad to hear he's OK Bob ;-)

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Thanks guys. Update...he puked up at 4:45 this morning and is now in bed feeling ill. I sincerely hope this is a bug and not more leg infection! I'm chaining myself to the lathe!

 

[wallace]

Bob I hope the kiddy is ok. I also have had the tennis elbow thing and had surgery a few years ago which worked eventually. I've now got a calcified and frozen shoulder which is pants, I'm having surgery in 10 days. Its going to ruin workshop playtime for along time. I'm trying to turn 40 pens for a cause I'm involved in.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

That's tough old son. I hope your surgery is successful and we see you polishing a large lump of Britishness in the very near future

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Just as an aside....my Doc gave me a version of NSAID's for my tennis elbow and they've been pretty effective. It's not gone yet but the pain has eased enough to use it for most things. I cant remember the name off the top of my head...Nax something but apparently they're stronger than Ibuprofen but in the same class of anti-inflammatory. Thought it worth mentioning for fellow sufferers. If anyone's interested I'll look it up properly and report it here.

 

[wallace]

neproxin? I used to take them quite regular. I'm not looking forward to my shoulder being done by all accounts they have to squeeze the calcium deposits out of your ligaments because its like toothpaste and then while your under they rotate the joint to free it up. The worst bit is I have to stay in hospital for a couple of days afterwards to manipulate things, luckily they shove a nerve blocker in your neck
I had big plans this year

 

[Graham Orm]

neproxin? I used to take them quite regular. I'm not looking forward to my shoulder being done by all accounts they have to squeeze the calcium deposits out of your ligaments because its like toothpaste and then while your under they rotate the joint to free it up. The worst bit is I have to stay in hospital for a couple of days afterwards to manipulate things, luckily they shove a nerve blocker in your neck
I had big plans this year

That's bad news Wallace. Get well soon.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Plans are something I've learned to put on hold in the past 8 months!!! The opportunity has a way of coming back

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

by all accounts they have to squeeze the calcium deposits out of your ligaments because its like toothpaste and then while your under they rotate the joint to free it up.

To paraphrase Sir PTerry, "Bugger that!"
I can't take NSAIDs because of dodgy guts and fear of interaction with other meds. I'm getting better daily, but some of the movement is still very painful. Thankfully dihydrocodeine takes some of the edge off.
Counting down the days now. I'm hoping the quack will certify me fit for light duties so I can get back to work.

 

[Dave Brookes]

Wallace,
It sounds to me as though shoulder problems are the price we pay for our woodturning enjoyment, not that many are actually caused by our sedentary hobby. I had both mine repaired (and bone removed) a few years ago and the right one again last year after tripping over whilst sober and rupturing both the tendon and bicep. The funniest thing about the muscle blocker is that when you wake up, you don't even know you have an arm as it takes a fair few hours for it to wear off.

All the best for successful surgery`

Dave