What’s ailing me?
Aug 20th, 2005 by Leimamo
For a few years now I’ve been experiencing numbness in my fingertips. All the times I’ve gone to the doctor’s to complain about it, they just blame it on my using the keyboard and they have me get a set of braces from the Ortho department. Then three weeks ago I went to the doctors again because I was having pain from my shoulder, down my arm, my wrist and then the numbness in my fingertips. The doctor ordered an xray of my neck because he said the symptoms sounded like a pinched nerve in my neck. Who would’ve thought?
I went to get the xray and made an appointment for a follow-up to discuss the results with my doctor. I finally got to see him today (3 weeks later) and he said it was he had expected. The xray showed some narrowing between the C5 and C6 vertebrae (like I know what I’m talking about). He drew me a diagram of what that means. He said that the disc between my spine might be protruding and pressing against the nerves which is causing me the discomfort and numbness. He then sent in a referral to have me get an MRI so he can get better details. So now what? I wait another week for the authorization, then I call and probably wait for another week to get the MRI done, then I’ll need to set another appointment to visit my doctor to discuss the results of the MRI and who knows what will happen after that. Maybe if I’m lucky, I’ll get something done before the end of the year, at this rate. Until then it’s pain meds and a heating pad. Oh yeah, and the doctor said it seems as though I have arthritis in my neck. My knuckle-cracking habit isn’t the cause of the narrowing either, so there (Mom). It must be that I’m just getting old. Growing old really sucks.
I’ll continue to pray for you and your family. It seems you’re being attack all the same time.
God bless and send his mighty ANGELS to protect you all, in Jesus name…I pray!
I have dat too. Ok mines went away but its a recurring thing, mines happened twice in 6 months.. Try a chiropractor or accupuncture. For me, it does go away afer weeks of irritating sometimes escruciating pain; especially in the morning wen I get up. It gets better, its called drugs LOL or try aspercreme da topical kine ointment for ow-wees.
Is C5-C6 undaneath or close by da shoulder blade? Cause dats where my pain was coming from anden da triceps and upper arm. Den it would feel like da pain moved dow to my hand wrist. If da shoulda wasn’t so-wa den da forearm would be. It was like da pain was moving around and so everybody was telling me was a pinch nerve too.
What help me is working out. I used 3 or 5lbs weights and do a shoulder/arm work out. It took da kink out anyway. But in waking up……. ow-weee
Malama pono.