I have tendinitis. Three doctors, two bottles of pills, a cortisone shot, two sets of X-rays and an MRI later, it’s just tendinitis. So the treatment remains the same, rest it, take anti-inflammatories, and hope for the best.

Now to me, this kind of sucks because none of the treatment the docs have recommended has worked. But my doctor says that sometimes this is just the way it is. Some cases are more severe than others. The only other option is surgery, but he really didn’t recommend that and frankly I’m with him. I’m not letting anyone cut me open unless I’m dying.

The good thing is, now that we’ve done all the tests we can do, there’s no doubt as to what it is. So I don’t have to worry about being misdiagnosed, or not getting the right treatment. At this point I just need to be more diligent about resting it as much as possible and finish the medication I have.

So that’s it. I shall never speak of it again. Now if my arm hair would hurry up and grow back, I would be a happy man.

He gave me a cortisone shot to help fight the inflammation, and man that stuff REALLY hurts going in! It’s kind of like injecting lava into your arm. So then he gave me a new prescription for pain pills and then sent me to another place to get a brace fitted. I gotta wear the brace when I sleep, and stay off the wrist completely for 6 weeks and then go back in to have it checked out.

So this is really bad timing because we have another drummer at church who’s out with a torn ligament in his shoulder, so Paul is going to be scrambling to find sit-ins. But God always seems to bring us people at the right time, so I’m sure things will work out until we are all back and healthy again. It sucks sitting out for 6 weeks especially when things were really starting to pop… I had 6 services and a gig with Yerxa lined up… but it’s been months and months and this thing isn’t getting better, so I gotta do something.

Anyway, I’d appreciate it if you’d keep Robert and I in your prayers and ask for quick healing for both of us, and pray that Paul isn’t too stressed with finding replacements for us.