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Shoulder nerve test OT
The leaflet that came with my appointment letter said "you might experience
some discomfort" so I was confident-ish when I got to the hospital that it would not be too bad. It wasn't. At first. The doc attached electrical thingies to my good arm and then to my bad one and put rubber rings on my fingers. I could feel the electric current but it was OK... I said this is not too bad, better than I thought. Until he moved up my arm gradually. OMG. It got worse and worse until he got up to the swollen part on my shoulder and when the current went through that it brought tears to my eyes it was such agony. After that I had to have needles put into every muscle to get a reading from a machine, even in my hand. They say it will not hurt you once the needle is put in. I can assure you it does. Mega. Unfortunately the doctor that did this had a severe speech impediment so I only got the drift of what he was telling me, which was my nerves are not severed, damaged quite badly but they are showing slight signs of regeneration. This is good, and he says 2 and half years will tell me how it will be. Nerves can recover but there is a limited time for that, apparently, my consultant says 18 months and you're shot. It's the damaged nerves that make me unable to use my arm in a useful way. I want to believe the 2-1/2 years is true and it can take that long and I will be able to use my arm again within that time. 18 months does not seem realistic atm Tweed |
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On 2011-09-02 5:08 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
The leaflet that came with my appointment letter said "you might experience some discomfort" so I was confident-ish when I got to the hospital that it would not be too bad. It wasn't. At first. The doc attached electrical thingies to my good arm and then to my bad one and put rubber rings on my fingers. I could feel the electric current but it was OK... I said this is not too bad, better than I thought. Until he moved up my arm gradually. OMG. It got worse and worse until he got up to the swollen part on my shoulder and when the current went through that it brought tears to my eyes it was such agony. After that I had to have needles put into every muscle to get a reading from a machine, even in my hand. They say it will not hurt you once the needle is put in. I can assure you it does. Mega. Unfortunately the doctor that did this had a severe speech impediment so I only got the drift of what he was telling me, which was my nerves are not severed, damaged quite badly but they are showing slight signs of regeneration. This is good, and he says 2 and half years will tell me how it will be. Nerves can recover but there is a limited time for that, apparently, my consultant says 18 months and you're shot. It's the damaged nerves that make me unable to use my arm in a useful way. I want to believe the 2-1/2 years is true and it can take that long and I will be able to use my arm again within that time. 18 months does not seem realistic atm Tweed I hope you continue to have improvement. It's encouraging that the doctor thinks you will. In my rather limited experience, if medical personnel sai "you might experience some discomfort" they really mean "It's going to hurt, probably a lot". I had a test years ago which they claimed would cause very minor discomfort, nothing more that a very mild cramping. I damn near went through the ceiling. They helpfully explained that of course there was more 'discomfort' if they found what the doctor had suspected. -- Cheryl |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message ... On 2011-09-02 5:08 PM, Christina Websell wrote: The leaflet that came with my appointment letter said "you might experience some discomfort" so I was confident-ish when I got to the hospital that it would not be too bad. It wasn't. At first. The doc attached electrical thingies to my good arm and then to my bad one and put rubber rings on my fingers. I could feel the electric current but it was OK... I said this is not too bad, better than I thought. Until he moved up my arm gradually. OMG. It got worse and worse until he got up to the swollen part on my shoulder and when the current went through that it brought tears to my eyes it was such agony. After that I had to have needles put into every muscle to get a reading from a machine, even in my hand. They say it will not hurt you once the needle is put in. I can assure you it does. Mega. Unfortunately the doctor that did this had a severe speech impediment so I only got the drift of what he was telling me, which was my nerves are not severed, damaged quite badly but they are showing slight signs of regeneration. This is good, and he says 2 and half years will tell me how it will be. Nerves can recover but there is a limited time for that, apparently, my consultant says 18 months and you're shot. It's the damaged nerves that make me unable to use my arm in a useful way. I want to believe the 2-1/2 years is true and it can take that long and I will be able to use my arm again within that time. 18 months does not seem realistic atm Tweed I hope you continue to have improvement. It's encouraging that the doctor thinks you will. I don't know who to believe. In my rather limited experience, if medical personnel sai "you might experience some discomfort" they really mean "It's going to hurt, probably a lot". I had a test years ago which they claimed would cause very minor discomfort, nothing more that a very mild cramping. I damn near went through the ceiling. It started off well but if I can manage to walk around with a fractured/disclocation for 2 weeks, I can assure you that if that test made me cry it was bad. I suspected it might be bad after the finger tests when the nurse moved next to me for the next ones. That's suspicious that it will hurt. I hope I will never have to go through this again. They helpfully explained that of course there was more 'discomfort' if they found what the doctor had suspected. -- Cheryl |
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 20:38:23 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote: The leaflet that came with my appointment letter said "you might experience some discomfort" so I was confident-ish when I got to the hospital that it would not be too bad. It wasn't. At first. The doc attached electrical thingies to my good arm and then to my bad one and put rubber rings on my fingers. I could feel the electric current but it was OK... I said this is not too bad, better than I thought. Until he moved up my arm gradually. OMG. It got worse and worse until he got up to the swollen part on my shoulder and when the current went through that it brought tears to my eyes it was such agony. After that I had to have needles put into every muscle to get a reading from a machine, even in my hand. They say it will not hurt you once the needle is put in. I can assure you it does. Mega. Unfortunately the doctor that did this had a severe speech impediment so I only got the drift of what he was telling me, which was my nerves are not severed, damaged quite badly but they are showing slight signs of regeneration. This is good, and he says 2 and half years will tell me how it will be. Nerves can recover but there is a limited time for that, apparently, my consultant says 18 months and you're shot. It's the damaged nerves that make me unable to use my arm in a useful way. I want to believe the 2-1/2 years is true and it can take that long and I will be able to use my arm again within that time. 18 months does not seem realistic atm Tweed EMG test. Electromyelogram test, IIRC. I've had it done twice. They really hurt a LOT. They are done simply to generate income for the doctor and the clinic, and the people doing the test. The reason I say this is because they don't generate any information that can actually be used to treat you. It tells the doctor how much nerve damage you have....but, it makes absolutely no difference at all in physical therapy, or any other rehabilitation, whatsoever. This was told to me by a registered physical therapist, in her middle 50's, who had heard from countless patients about the medieval torture sessions their patients had to undergo. It is the physical therapists and other rehabilitation specialists who will help you get better: NOT the doctor. The doctor spends 10 or 15 minutes with you, once a month or so. The physical therapists spends, depending on your order of PT, hours every week with you. They know FAR better that the doctors, how to treat you, and what will work to heal you. If you can, avoid a new, young physical therapist. It takes 5 or 10 years for them to get really good at dealing with all the different kinds of injuries. Best of luck with your recovery. |
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"trubble" wrote in message ... On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 20:38:23 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: The leaflet that came with my appointment letter said "you might experience some discomfort" so I was confident-ish when I got to the hospital that it would not be too bad. It wasn't. At first. The doc attached electrical thingies to my good arm and then to my bad one and put rubber rings on my fingers. I could feel the electric current but it was OK... I said this is not too bad, better than I thought. Until he moved up my arm gradually. OMG. It got worse and worse until he got up to the swollen part on my shoulder and when the current went through that it brought tears to my eyes it was such agony. After that I had to have needles put into every muscle to get a reading from a machine, even in my hand. They say it will not hurt you once the needle is put in. I can assure you it does. Mega. Unfortunately the doctor that did this had a severe speech impediment so I only got the drift of what he was telling me, which was my nerves are not severed, damaged quite badly but they are showing slight signs of regeneration. This is good, and he says 2 and half years will tell me how it will be. Nerves can recover but there is a limited time for that, apparently, my consultant says 18 months and you're shot. It's the damaged nerves that make me unable to use my arm in a useful way. I want to believe the 2-1/2 years is true and it can take that long and I will be able to use my arm again within that time. 18 months does not seem realistic atm Tweed EMG test. Electromyelogram test, IIRC. I've had it done twice. They really hurt a LOT. They are done simply to generate income for the doctor and the clinic, and the people doing the test. Not here. It's all free. |
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On 9/2/2011 2:38 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
The leaflet that came with my appointment letter said "you might experience some discomfort" so I was confident-ish when I got to the hospital that it would not be too bad. It wasn't. At first. The doc attached electrical thingies to my good arm and then to my bad one and put rubber rings on my fingers. I could feel the electric current but it was OK... I said this is not too bad, better than I thought. Until he moved up my arm gradually. OMG. It got worse and worse until he got up to the swollen part on my shoulder and when the current went through that it brought tears to my eyes it was such agony. After that I had to have needles put into every muscle to get a reading from a machine, even in my hand. They say it will not hurt you once the needle is put in. I can assure you it does. Mega. Unfortunately the doctor that did this had a severe speech impediment so I only got the drift of what he was telling me, which was my nerves are not severed, damaged quite badly but they are showing slight signs of regeneration. This is good, and he says 2 and half years will tell me how it will be. Nerves can recover but there is a limited time for that, apparently, my consultant says 18 months and you're shot. It's the damaged nerves that make me unable to use my arm in a useful way. I want to believe the 2-1/2 years is true and it can take that long and I will be able to use my arm again within that time. 18 months does not seem realistic atm Tweed BTDT and I'm so, so sorry you were hurt so badly. I was hoping that was just my experience and my RSD is what made it hurt so bad. But I do always prepare for the worst when the doctor says "some discomfort" - that usually means pain through the roof Purrs and prayers that those nerves will regenerate. Please keep us updated on your progress. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
... On 2011-09-02 5:08 PM, Christina Websell wrote: The leaflet that came with my appointment letter said "you might experience some discomfort" so I was confident-ish when I got to the hospital that it would not be too bad. It wasn't. At first. The doc attached electrical thingies to my good arm and then to my bad one and put rubber rings on my fingers. I could feel the electric current but it was OK... I said this is not too bad, better than I thought. Until he moved up my arm gradually. OMG. It got worse and worse until he got up to the swollen part on my shoulder and when the current went through that it brought tears to my eyes it was such agony. After that I had to have needles put into every muscle to get a reading from a machine, even in my hand. They say it will not hurt you once the needle is put in. I can assure you it does. Mega. Unfortunately the doctor that did this had a severe speech impediment so I only got the drift of what he was telling me, which was my nerves are not severed, damaged quite badly but they are showing slight signs of regeneration. This is good, and he says 2 and half years will tell me how it will be. Nerves can recover but there is a limited time for that, apparently, my consultant says 18 months and you're shot. It's the damaged nerves that make me unable to use my arm in a useful way. I want to believe the 2-1/2 years is true and it can take that long and I will be able to use my arm again within that time. 18 months does not seem realistic atm Tweed I hope you continue to have improvement. It's encouraging that the doctor thinks you will. In my rather limited experience, if medical personnel sai "you might experience some discomfort" they really mean "It's going to hurt, probably a lot". I had a test years ago which they claimed would cause very minor discomfort, nothing more that a very mild cramping. I damn near went through the ceiling. They helpfully explained that of course there was more 'discomfort' if they found what the doctor had suspected. -- Cheryl Right. Doctors avoid the word "pain". I don't think most of them realize that calling severe pain "discomfort" is demeaning, as well as misleading. They don't want to get you scared, but I'd feel better if they'd just say, "This may hurt quite a bit, but it will accomplish (whatever), and I'll make it as quick as I can." Joy |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... The leaflet that came with my appointment letter said "you might experience some discomfort" so I was confident-ish when I got to the hospital that it would not be too bad. It wasn't. At first. The doc attached electrical thingies to my good arm and then to my bad one and put rubber rings on my fingers. I could feel the electric current but it was OK... I said this is not too bad, better than I thought. Until he moved up my arm gradually. OMG. It got worse and worse until he got up to the swollen part on my shoulder and when the current went through that it brought tears to my eyes it was such agony. After that I had to have needles put into every muscle to get a reading from a machine, even in my hand. They say it will not hurt you once the needle is put in. I can assure you it does. Mega. Unfortunately the doctor that did this had a severe speech impediment so I only got the drift of what he was telling me, which was my nerves are not severed, damaged quite badly but they are showing slight signs of regeneration. This is good, and he says 2 and half years will tell me how it will be. Nerves can recover but there is a limited time for that, apparently, my consultant says 18 months and you're shot. It's the damaged nerves that make me unable to use my arm in a useful way. I want to believe the 2-1/2 years is true and it can take that long and I will be able to use my arm again within that time. 18 months does not seem realistic atm Tweed I'm glad they're giving you some hope. It's too bad the doctor was so hard to understand. Purrs that the improvement continues and that you regain the use of your arm. Joy |
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Joy wrote:
"Cheryl" wrote in message I had a test years ago which they claimed would cause very minor discomfort, nothing more that a very mild cramping. I damn near went through the ceiling. Right. Doctors avoid the word "pain". I don't think most of them realize that calling severe pain "discomfort" is demeaning, as well as misleading. They don't want to get you scared, but I'd feel better if they'd just say, "This may hurt quite a bit, but it will accomplish (whatever), and I'll make it as quick as I can." It's really backwards. I'd rather a doctor warn me that a procedure might be painful, even very painful, so I can be prepared for it (or pleasantly surprised if it's not), than the other way around! The few times I was warned by a doctor that something was going to hurt, it turned out not to hurt much at all. I felt so macho. Joyce -- Fluffy Mackerel Pudding - "Once upon a time, the world was young and the words 'mackerel' and 'pudding' existed far, far away from one another. One day, that all changed. And then, whoever was responsible somehow thought the word 'fluffy' would help." -- Hilarious recipes at: www.candyboots.com |
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On 2011-09-02, Christina Websell wrote:
Not here. It's all free. Somebody is paying for it. The bureaucratic "use it or lose it" principle is always at work. If a unit actually is efficient, it will be rewarded by having its budget cut. Nowadays it will be cut anyway, but perhaps not as much. C. Northcote Parkinson noted this years ago. Bud |
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