Got my shot today and after speaking both to the on-site doctor and the administrator decided to do it in my bad arm. (They both basically said that it didn’t matter)
I just made sure that the administrator would do it in right place (e.g. not too high) but he knew what he was doing and used his fingers to measure as they should.
Now let’s see what side affects I’ll get if any....
Yes, I've ended up with Sirva after my first shot. My local doctor said so after I went to him explaining how the pain hasn't subsided after a couple of weeks.
I guess doctors are becoming more aware of it.
Been given anti inflammatories. I can expect several weeks of dull pain and then months restoring the full range of shoulder motion. Online info says it can take 2-3 years.
I sort of knew the nurse got it wrong when she jabbed me. It was unusually painful and she visibly reacted as worried as soon as she did it.
Ah that’s not good. Hope it won’t take that long but I know it can.
Yeah the COVID shot itself shouldn’t be painful at all, I mean I was looking at the injection and still couldn’t even feel it going in.
Strangely it took me around 1 year to not feel any pain anymore and being able to lift my arm normally but then I fell on that same arm with my full body weight during football and it came back (after being healed for 5/6 months) so now still with the sore arm again.
Would you mind sharing which doctor you used? As it’s hard to find one in HK who knows about SIRVA. And did she/he say anything about what to do besides the anti inflammatory medicine?
My my doctor was Dr. Terry Wong on Tung Lo Wan Road.
But I don't think he will do anything different to what you've had before, which is the same as treating a frozen shoulder. He's taking a "monitored inaction" approach. His recommendation was the same as I found online - don't do anything that causes pain. Avoid carrying anything with the arm. Once the aches subside then do some stretching to get the full range of motion back. Ideally I should find a physio who can show me the correct exercises, but I should wait until the area is pain free before that.
I feel my case might be quite mild anyway. The biggest restriction I have is not being able to scratch my back. I'm also now only wearing button up shirts since taking off a t-shirt causes pain. Gimp suits would become more fun, I guess. Swimming is out, but running and cycling are fine.