I got broken a few times, particularly when I was young. I had one time I marched into the doctor's office and his nurse came out to check my injury. I had a compress on it (it's when I lost my eye) and she said she had to look. I told her it wasn't a good idea but she insisted. I pulled the compress and she fainted dead away. The doctor ran out and asked if I could wait a couple minutes. I said yes and he got her up before he took me back to an office...
I grew up in Rattlesnake country and carried a snake bite kit all the time. But I never got bit. You must be one tough SOB to direct your counselor at age 14. My hat's off to you.
We were a camping family and familiar with the snakes. Some where long the line of life I lost my rattle from it. I think it is part of the reason I have such a sore right shoulder after all these years, a week of a high sling arm was not fun.
Well, that's a distinct possibility for the shoulder pain.
I know exactly why my right shoulder is bunk. I played baseball until I was 40 and I have at least one million hard throws in that shoulder. It SHOULD hurt :)