Broken

Pain in my broken shoulder steady 8 0r 9; meds don't help much. I've now got a regular caregiver, not a family member, and she is helpful; took me to drugstore and grocery, and is pumping vitamins, especially D, into me. I should know Thursday whether the orthopedist thinks surgery will be needed. I am surrounded by loving friends, who call and visit, but the hardest part of pain and debility is the loneliness. There is something isolating about pain; it separates me from all other mortals.