Thanks you guys for those additional post of support. It helps.

Well, I learned today if you just physically show up at the doctor's office, looking completely pathetic, beat-up, and beg desperately for assistance... you get in.

The short of it is that my shoulder / collar bone acl appears to have seperated. Plus, the doc is concerned about my neck too.

Was pretty much last patient of the day so the office scheduling staff had gone. One of them will call soon. Doc wants me to have an MRI of my shoulder / collar bone, and neck area. Ordered PT as well.

Doc's first impression was that it would heal without surgery; but wanted to see my MRI results to determine that for sure. Plus, something about PT assessing me.

My arm just hanging by my side feels like it did when my kids were toddlers holding my hand and trying to swing on me like a piece of playground equipment.

I asked if I should be wearing a sling or something for support. For now, to my surprise, he said "no". He does not like to see shoulders get "frozen". Guess people get in pain and don't move at all... then things heal tight w/limited range of motion etc.

Steering the outdoor bici is a "no-go" he said. But, I could spin my legs only stationary.

I told him I teach spinning at my gym. Boss & buddies have been covering my classes. I miss it. I couldn't do everything on the spin bike. But some stuff. Doc said that would at least give me "something". He sees a lot of athletes and knows we need our happy exercise endorphines. That's nice since some docs just say "deal with it, and give the sport up".

Just waiting to hear about the appointments. But...

OMG... I HATE that MRI machine. I've been in it serveral times in my life. I'm cholostrophobic and emotional upset triggers the real problem of my asthma. They drug me, but sometimes it's still just bad. Yuck.