So I wanted to find out what a Frozen Shoulder is and I thought I would share my findings with you.

Frozen shoulder is a painful condition that affects the movement of the shoulder. It is also known as adhesive capulitis or shoulder contracture. Some people cannot move their shoulder at all. What happens is that the flexible tissue around the joint known as the capsule is inflamed and thinckined. They don't know quite what causes it but it may have something to do with Diabetes (which would figure - she is Type 1 diabetic).

Unfortunately 50% of people have symptoms up to 7 years after the diagnosis - so that's only 6 years, 6 months left Mum!

They have several different ways of treating it including painkillers and physiotherapy. This works for most people but not for the most sever cases (like hers). They have to undergo surgery...

There are two types of surgery:

1. Manipulation - where they basically jiggle your shoulder around violently until it can move again properly (under general anaesthetic).

2. Keyhole surgery (what she is having) - this is the most rare and severe way of treating frozen shoulder and it only used in extreme cases (well it would be you wouldn't it Mum). They make an incision less that 1cm long and use a probe to open up the capsule and remove any scar tissue. She will then have to have intensive physio.

I think Mum is nervous about this because of the general anaesthetic - she's never had this before. Last time she had anaesthetic was in a C-section (with my brother) where she had local anaesthetic. But they messed up her insulin and glucose for her diabetes and she ended up in a hypo glycaemic coma thing. So that's probably why - not to mention that it's an operation so there is risk of death - but we won't mention that. :(

The mood in our house is quite weird as everyone is quiet and thoughtful, sad or nervous....and then there's me listening to loud music and tapping away at the keyboard. I guess that's what teenagers are like!