Elbow Pain to God-given Gain

Elbow Pain to God-given Gain

One recent Tuesday I could not lower my arm all the way down nor raise it all the way up.  And I could not get my hand closer than 6 inches from my face, the pain was so bad.  I also had to leave my hand angled across my body as that was the only comfortable place I could find.

I called my doctor for an appointment and they gave me one for the next morning.  That night was excruciating.  I went to my doctor’s appointment and he checked some things, and said I needed to see the orthopedic surgeon.  They got me an appointment for 1 ½ hour later (wow, that was quick).

I met with the orthopedic surgeon who did some range of motion tests with my arm and then told me I’d need x-rays of my arm and shoulder.  Some background on my shoulder injury:  I hurt it a month earlier while skiing.  This doctor had his own x-ray tech, so the x-rays were done within 5 minutes.  On reviewing the x-rays with me, the doctor said the shoulder was strained but was healing, so no further treatment of the shoulder was needed.  But my elbow showed some possible calcification build-up on the inner section.  The doctor said I would need an MRI of my elbow.  The O’ Surgeon also gave me some anti-inflammatory medicine and a prescription for antibiotics.  That combination helped alleviate the pain within a few hours.  I was slowly able to get my arm back down and up soon, and also able to get my hand to my face within a few more days.

The MRI Company called me to schedule my test, setting it for the following week.  I was able to get the MRI done, and had a follow-up with the O’ Surgeon the next day.  We reviewed the MRI results and he said the healing with the antibiotics was good progress and unless I had more problems I would not need to return to see him.

The Lesson God taught me:  The calcification is a calcium build-up.  So what I got from that is even though calcium is a necessary part of our body structure/makeup, if it isn’t processed properly it can be harmful to us.  Similarly, this can be applied to other things, even reading the Bible; If our reading of Holy Scriptures isn’t processed properly, that can become harmful to us.  Sometimes Scripture passages are taken out of context and the effect can be problematic.