jillaine, the arm is not even in a cast. Wore a sling for about 4 weeks - day and night. I broke the arm right at the shoulder - where it couldn't be cast. Was out on one of my mile walks, tripped, and fell with my dominant hand out in front of me to break the fall. Well, the fall was broken, all right, but so was the arm. I've been in PT since about week 3 post-break and can finally lift my arm to the table. It's amazing how quickly those muscles forget how to lift. At PT yesterday, I'm laying on my back, he gave me a stick - both arms are bent up in the air and I hold stick and try for the life of me, I'm trying to push that stick up in the air - and can't. That's my next exercise to win - back to PT in about 30 minutes and another try. By golly, I AM going to lift that stupid stick!!!!!!!