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Originally posted by squiggle:
I found a link figree, which might be a help http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sh...carpal_tunnel.html#5

But from reading it (a cursory glance through) it seems that some carpal tunnel syndrome cases can even clear up without any help at all. So certainly don't start to worry too much, it could all be something and nothing.

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Originally posted by charmer:
i had radial palsy a couple of years back-its the same thing really
i woke up one morning and i had lost the use of my right hand-no reason for it-it just flopped and i couldnt hold anything at all, it just didnt function
i had a plastic mould made for my hand and had physio and after a few months i started getting the strength back in it
i had electronic (or whatever they were!) tests on my spine to find out what caused it, but there was no reason, so they reckon i had just slept funny on it
so dont worry, the use CAN come back without the need for surgery

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by charmer:
i had radial palsy a couple of years back-its the same thing really
i woke up one morning and i had lost the use of my right hand-no reason for it-it just flopped and i couldnt hold anything at all, it just didnt function
i had a plastic mould made for my hand and had physio and after a few months i started getting the strength back in it
i had electronic (or whatever they were!) tests on my spine to find out what caused it, but there was no reason, so they reckon i had just slept funny on it
so dont worry, the use CAN come back without the need for surgery

and if you do have to have a plastic mould, keep it on when your pissed up!
i took mine off one night, i was sitting on the floor, boozing, i forgot my hand didnt work,and leant on it to get up, it gave way, and i sat down hard on a bottle which broke and shredded my @rse to bits-i had a look on my face similar to that-> afterwards

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Originally posted by charmer:
i had radial palsy a couple of years back-its the same thing really
i woke up one morning and i had lost the use of my right hand-no reason for it-it just flopped and i couldnt hold anything at all, it just didnt function
i had a plastic mould made for my hand and had physio and after a few months i started getting the strength back in it
i had electronic (or whatever they were!) tests on my spine to find out what caused it, but there was no reason, so they reckon i had just slept funny on it
so dont worry, the use CAN come back without the need for surgery

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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
i had something similar a while back, started getting pins and needles in my left arm and numbness in my little finger, it got worse and eventualy my left hand kept cramping up and my little finger and thumb clamped together.

went to the docs, it turned out i had a habit of resting my left elbow on the computer chair for hours on end and had damaged a nerve. so stopped doing that and it cleared up in a few months.

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O/T reassurance required!!!!!

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Originally posted by figtree:

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Originally posted by squiggle:
I found a link figree, which might be a help http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sh...carpal_tunnel.html#5

But from reading it (a cursory glance through) it seems that some carpal tunnel syndrome cases can even clear up without any help at all. So certainly don't start to worry too much, it could all be something and nothing.

I will try that Squiggs! but from what the doc was saying it doesnt appear to be carpel wotsit which didn't worry me because I know that to be simple.... dare I say he would have referred me to an orthapedicthingy I would have thought if it had been
Right I will spit it out.. what concerns me is what if it is motor neuron disease.. there is no cure for that! Oh blimey cheer me up and make me laugh please!So sorry to be a gloomy bum!

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by figtree:

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Originally posted by squiggle:
I found a link figree, which might be a help http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sh...carpal_tunnel.html#5

But from reading it (a cursory glance through) it seems that some carpal tunnel syndrome cases can even clear up without any help at all. So certainly don't start to worry too much, it could all be something and nothing.

I will try that Squiggs! but from what the doc was saying it doesnt appear to be carpel wotsit which didn't worry me because I know that to be simple.... dare I say he would have referred me to an orthapedicthingy I would have thought if it had been
Right I will spit it out.. what concerns me is what if it is motor neuron disease.. there is no cure for that! Oh blimey cheer me up and make me laugh please!So sorry to be a gloomy bum!

Oh figtree no wonder you've been worrying, poor love. It probably won't be that at all. Things always look so black when we're worrying. I always say it would be no good me reading a medical household help book because I would end up thinking I had everything from blackwater fever onwards

I am looking forward to when you come back on here and tell us it was just something really simple. Do you remember the poster a few weeks back who had all these awful symptoms and it turned out to be some form of anaemia?

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Originally posted by lucifer:

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O/T reassurance required!!!!!

Don't mention it. I always share small snippets of private info for the fun of it

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Originally posted by lucifer:
Heya Figgy

I'm a multi-facetted madman; and will drive you to despair if you let me

*BUT*

I'm also a good egg if I say so myself..have a certificate in humility to prove it too..!! Anyways; whilst I don't know about this particular diagnosis, I can tell you a few bits that I hope will be of some comfort. I myself am under a neurologist because of a neurological disorder which was diagnosed years ago. For real you panic when your doc tells you that they need to send you to any kind of specialist - particularly a neurologist for obvious reasons.

However; for the vast VAST majority of people who are referred, it's because there is either

a. something which has to be investigated further which a GP isn't equipped to do..most cases all being well

or

b. something tangible is evident & needs further investigation.

Now don't be panicing about b. - it applies to me. Believe it or not, the vast majority of neuro patients have disorders like mine..yours possibly..which are routinely treated in very busy out-patient clinics. I've met people in waiting rooms at my hospital where I go for Botox injections every 3 months.

Being an outpatient (the bulk of neurology patients) means they know what - *IF* in fact anything - is wrong with you and how to treat it. If I can post some belligerence to ensure that you get a clean bill of health..well consider it posted now..*harumph*

IF that doesn't work; please believe me, a neurology clinic bears little difference to a GP clinic. People go there for a whole range of treatments, and TBH we are all usually bored rigid waiting, and in little danger of anything untoward bar 40 winks every time we visit.

..So. Keep your chin up & in no time at all I expect you back here telling us that it wasn't so bad after all. I'll alternatively settle for a private cash donation via PM..choice is yours..!!

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Originally posted by queenshaks:

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Originally posted by lucifer:

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O/T reassurance required!!!!!

Don't mention it. I always share small snippets of private info for the fun of it

Hello Luc...

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Originally posted by lucifer:


Hello queenshaks

Blimey. Long time no see..!! Hope you are good flower..well..good or very bad..both work as always

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Originally posted by queenshaks:

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Originally posted by lucifer:


Hello queenshaks

Blimey. Long time no see..!! Hope you are good flower..well..good or very bad..both work as always

I did say hello in your opening thread a while back...but you disappeared. Saw you again a few weeks back...disappeared again. I started to feel para.

Yes all good thanks, back to school in a week's time, only had 6 weeks off.

Hope you're well too sunshine

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Originally posted by Mentalist:

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Originally posted by charmer:
i had radial palsy a couple of years back-its the same thing really
i woke up one morning and i had lost the use of my right hand-no reason for it-it just flopped and i couldnt hold anything at all, it just didnt function
i had a plastic mould made for my hand and had physio and after a few months i started getting the strength back in it
i had electronic (or whatever they were!) tests on my spine to find out what caused it, but there was no reason, so they reckon i had just slept funny on it
so dont worry, the use CAN come back without the need for surgery

Charmer, did you know radial palsy is often known as drunk mans syndrome. It often happens when people fall drunk on the bed face down with the arm hanging over the edge. The pressure from the mattress and the non movement of the arm causes the radial nerve to become damaged thus causing the palsy.

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Originally posted by lucifer:



Awwwww...I remember those few visits and I was spinning six ways til Sunday trying..and failing..to multi-task

No need to have felt Para...A jealous Marine might have intervened.. Thanks as well for the little nudge reminder there. Not to worry. I spend time every 3 months in hospital with people in a similar pickle, so I've learned a few things the hard way; not least of which is that when people really are in trouble they stop being 'forumers' 'prudes' 'anti-social' etc..and will talk to anyone who can identify with their problem & is well intentioned.

Bit disappointed with the OP on one hand..but on the flipside, it does indicate melodrama designed to illicit camraderie from only the people he/she would 'prefer' to acknowledge. A fairly healthy prognosis on balance

Good luck for this time next week flower...Be lucky

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Originally posted by Aquarius 11:
Figtree please try not to worry ~ tho we all do.
You will probably feel relieved after you see
the neurologist as it's likely to be a nerve
damage thing. Something which can be treated
very easily.

Sending you big hugs and positive thoughts.

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Originally posted by figtree:
Sunnydayz.. Squiggs. Charmer . .Dame Ann'. ..Pink Babe. Renton. Mentalist. Lucifer Queen Shaks Moonin. Heartache. Pokerface. veggieburger. Renton

Need I say more!

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Originally posted by figtree:
Didn't want say anything this morn' but I am rather confuddled! I made a post asking about carpel tunnel wotsit the other day and my mind was made at ease with the postings recieved knowing this to be a straight forward small op thingy! However went to the quacks yesterday and he is referring me to a neuroligist which was not what I was expecting!The doc' mentioned muscle wasting! Now I am really scared, I couldn't sleep last night because I had no one to talk about it!I am trying to concentrate on BB thingy to take my mind off it! Reassurance anyone? Am I reading more into this than I should!