[misc.handicap] muscle relaxants

Gary.Greiner@f21.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Greiner) (06/07/91)

Index Number: 16019

Hello again, Fred!

I am relatively pain free nowadays. But 3-4 years back it was a
different story. I have an arthritic bone spur in my neck that presses
on a nerve. When the nerve gets inflamed (last happened 3 years ago,
lucky for me) there is dull pain in the upper back and very sharp one
from the bottom of by left elbow coming over in a sharply marked line
to the front of the forearm and ending up on the thumb side of the
wrist. All that is accompanied by tingling in the palm and fingers on
the left hand, as well as numbness in a couple of fingertips. I have
lost some feeling in the left index fingertip. When it was bad nothing
helped; even with all the pills I got (no "serious stuff") I was just
walking up and down the hallway in the house even in the middle of the
night just moaning.
Things are much better now. At that time I also got physical therapy
and the therapist recommended that I work out regularly with the upper
body. I have been doing that for 3 years now (3X a week) with apparently
good results.
I have a much more serious affliction but that is painless.
Cheers,
              TM

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