candacedianne

If it's the car you want, keep it and wait it out. Don't settle for a car you don't "want", even if it is easier to drive. You will never be happy with a car unless you LOVE it! Good luck to you and keep doing those stretches...it might just get you back in the vetter faster!!

hzz

Cortisone shot and the armband

Don't give up.

SuprJames

I hate to see anyone walk away from a project this cool, BUT if you decide to let me know

irvan

I went through that last year and had both rotators out too. Miserable for several months, Used the bands on my arms and that helped. One day woke up and felt pretty good, now carefull to not overdue. I hope yours gets better.

RMS73

Hang in there. Last summer I tore or severly strained the ligaments in my lower back. For 5 months I could not work on or even get into the Corvette. Therapy, ice packs and patience paid off in January.
Roger

78Vette-SA

As all the rest said, give it a rest, but don't give it up. There is a lot of satisfaction in driving and showing a car that you can say you built with your own two hands (and bad elbows!). You've got skillz that many would kill for and the work you do is far beyond that of the average weekend warrior. We've all seen what you can do.

I just came in from working on my car. Last November I popped both elbows. Couldn't even pick up or open a can of soda. Toilet Paper was a new adventure (seriously! ) . I had to take some time off from working on the cars. I had surgery on the left elbow to put it back together. I got shots in the right elbow several times and I wear the Wilson Arm Braces when working now.

I thought I would never work on cars again after early April when I threw blood clots in both lungs, spent a week in the hospital, then got pneumonia and had a reaction to meds which set me back further. I'm on rat poison and several other meds each day now. Although I curtailed working on other peoples cars, there is no way I'm gonna stop working on my own!

Give it a rest, get some braces, get a shot of QuartaZone, then Get "R" Done!

7T1vette

Any possibility that there is some young [healthy] fella in the neighborhood...or a relative....someone who might want to learn a lot about Corvettes and might be willing to do the 'labor' portion of the work? [under your instruction, of course] Maybe call a local high school or technical school to see if someone enrolled there has an interest in helping you out. From your thread, you still have quite a bit of work yet to do, but if you find the right person, you may be able to trade your knowledge for his muscle. {Just a thought.}

78Vette-SA

That, is an EXCELLENT idea!!!

Five-spot

I ran an air screwdriver in an assembly plant for five years before I transferred to another job,You want to talk about blown out elbows. The fore arm bands will help a bunch, I'm partial to Motrin myself, and get yourself a couple of soft rubber *****, the cheap ons that are about the size of tennis *****, and when you're sitting watching TV, sqeeze 'em. Will hurt a bit at first, but helped me alot after a couple weeks.

stock76

I had that problem too. The forearm band I finally found that helped a lot had a little air pillow built into it. Position the little pillow right over the spot that hurts on the muscle, and tighten it snug. Got mine at a drug store and it was like twenty dollars. Saw the same one two weeks later at Walmart for around half that. Worked much better (for me) than the regular bands. Just looks a little funky.

Don't give up. Do what you can, and find a good mechanic for the rest.

400hp427vette

Would you take a helping hand? Maybe some of the Cf members in your area will donate some of their time to help your cause. If I lived near you I sure would. Please Don't call it quits.

VettePower

Maybe you should think about stopping playing tennis!!

doug9208

you're in way too deep to quit now. Remember - pain is just weakness leaving the body. Rest up a while, regroup and start again later when you're feeling better. Remedies suggest are all worth a shot.

chvet73

Keep the car and hang in there. A week ago today I just had my 2nd back surgery in 4 years. My biggest enjoyment other than my family is fixing, repairing and building things. I'm down right now but can't wait to get back to it. I've had the issue with one elbow and knee trouble from surgery over 40 years ago plus several other ailments. But I will never give up my tools.
Hang in there, the elbow is not that bad and you will get back to it. Ain't getting old fun.

VetteThunder1

Hahahahaha! I knew I was missing something....

But seriously;

Thank you all for your words of encouragement. You have no idea how much this means to me. I will get some of those "funky" pillow tensor bands and see if that helps some. Going to check out that MDM stuff as well. Cortizone shots are a last resort because they can cause more damage then they help.

Are there any CF members there in the south bay that would be available to give me a hand? I really wanted to get my Vette drivable and on the road this summer.

Well in any case looks like I am taking a couple of weeks off from working on the beast anyways.

Thanks agian all! You're all great!

VT1
Andrew

7T1vette

Make sure you really take the "downtime" thing seriously. When you are normally an active person, trying not to keep yourself busy is a difficult thing. Tendonitis is a real nuisance...but if you don't keep that joint INactive, it will make your situation worse. Use this 'rest' for time to think-out your detailed plan for completing the car. It will allow you to come up with a complete list of needed parts and a work sequence which will make the rest of the job go more quickly [when you can tackle it again]. If the doctor gave you exercises, do them AS PRESCRIBED and let that sucker heal. Keep the faith....and we want pictures.

P.S. If I were in So. Cal, I'd help you out for sure! Sorry, I'm in Tennessee. Any other takers?

SuprJames

I'd love to help, but I'm on the wrong coast

bonehead2

I knew a man in the late 70's that made twice yearly trips to Mexico ,he seemed to always smell like spaghetti sauce. My dad owned a garage back then and this fellow was always around it seemed getting this same car worked on. Found out later from Dad that on these Mexico runs the cooling system came back filled with DMSO. This man was a well to do scientist for Nasa and swore by the stuff.