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Re: To quilter » medlib

Posted by quilter on October 17, 2000, at 0:45:00

In reply to To quilter, posted by medlib on October 15, 2000, at 19:23:38

Hi Medlib, and thanks for asking. I feel much better (but don't tell anyone, surely some new disaster would result). The brief stay in the hospital at the end of August took care of the severe head and face pain due to migraine and trigeminal neuralgia. I felt pretty good for a couple days, just long enough to enter 4 unfinished pieces in the big regional quilt show at the end of September. That is when I began to lose the use of my right hand and arm. My neck and right shoulder had been painful for some time but Fibromyalgia has taught me to ignore pain with no obvious cause.
The cause, while not obvious turned out to be pretty scary. I had some bulging cervical discs, as well as bone spurs impinging on the nerves to my now useless right arm. I was not able to find out what was going on for what seemed like forever. If I hadn't had a follow up appt. for the headaches, I would still be waiting to see a neurologist. She prescribed more meds, and cervical traction. No apparent results led to trying to see a neurosurgeon. By the time i could get a appointment some improvement was evident.
Anyway, at this point in time my hand works again except for some weakness and numbness that makes the cats' fur feel like I'm petting a hairbrush. I'm grateful to be able to scribble a list, put my own hair in a ponytail, and pull up my pants with both hands. Another lesson in patience I guess. Fortunately my depression hasn't begun its Fall slide into darkness yet. Taking 3 different antidepressants and maximum doses of Neurontin could have something to do with that I guess.
I seem to be disintegrating much faster than my contemporaries, so I wonder what will fail me next.
Quilter


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