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Tingly fingers...

My wife had C4-5-6 fused 11 days ago after suffering pain and numbness/strength loss in her arms and hands for about six years. Cortisone shots worked for a while but they lost their efficacy and she had no choice eventually but to have surgery. Her symptoms are gone and she felt good enough to go to work today.
 
Clean your kidneys.

I'll lend him my kidney brush.

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Going to the doc tomorrow. He'll likely write me a referral to start going to rehab. I think the stretching/rehab/electrostimilation there along with my inversion table (if the PT's say it's okay) should be good. If that doesn't work, I may just blow my ****ing brains out.
 
Going to the doc tomorrow. He'll likely write me a referral to start going to rehab. I think the stretching/rehab/electrostimilation there along with my inversion table (if the PT's say it's okay) should be good. If that doesn't work, I may just blow my ****ing brains out.

Hang in there man.
 
Going to the doc tomorrow. He'll likely write me a referral to start going to rehab. I think the stretching/rehab/electrostimilation there along with my inversion table (if the PT's say it's okay) should be good. If that doesn't work, I may just blow my ****ing brains out.

Over tingly fingers?
 
Over tingly fingers?

careful, man. lots of things come into this. tingly fingers might be just the trigger fingers, but I hope the larger probability is that expressions like this are often very satisfactory ways to blow steam off.

clearly, he hopes it's just nerves. I notice he didn't respond at all on the diabetes front. knowing someone who has gone through all that to the bitter end is understandable justification for hoping it's something else, which Dal might be correct in figuring usually it is, and focusing on the nerves.

Still medical science has progressed on the diabetic front, and sometimes pre-diabetes or even diabetes can be for many years "reversed". The sooner one addresses it, the better it can be handled.

I have a brother with diabetes, my all-time best friend died from it after losing some pieces and his eyesight, I could list some others I know of. I suspected I might have it and switched some diet stuff and went to the doctor to get checked for it. For me, tingly fingers means maybe I need to change my immediate obsession and do something else because I'm sleeping the wrong way or something. Well, besides back pain, pinched nerves, MS, and clenching my fist too tight when knocking some sense into some hoodies. ha ha. like that ever happens.
 
My wife had C4-5-6 fused 11 days ago after suffering pain and numbness/strength loss in her arms and hands for about six years. Cortisone shots worked for a while but they lost their efficacy and she had no choice eventually but to have surgery. Her symptoms are gone and she felt good enough to go to work today.

Glad it was successful. I have spina bifida occulta (born with an incomplete fusion of the L5) which causes periodic nerve pain and causes my back to go out. Most people never have an issue with this but I had an impact injury to the area playing in a HS Bball tourney and have had recurring issues since. My last trigger happened picking up my kids toys in September. I have been in PT since and it is finally getting better. Guess I got to stick with this core workout routine to keep everything aligned. I've missed almost the whole season for whitewater kayaking and have been pretty bummed. Hopefully it doesn't keep me off the slopes too. I can still play basketball but have to take it easy. Surgery is one of my options but it scares the **** out of me. Often times patients end up worse than before the procedure.
 
Yeah, I've heard back surgery is not to be taken lightly. On a side note, we hung the sheet rock recently in a pretty famous back surgeon's 2.5 million dollar house. The whole time I'm thinking, "Dang, when they said 'Back Surgeon or Drywall Hanger' I should have chosen Back Surgeon." This doctor did a surgery on my aunt. She told me his bill for 1 1/2 hour surgery was $70k. Anyway, to the op hope you figure out what is wrong.
 
and to a lesser degree, toes, hands and feet.

Any idea what it is? I'm actually starting to get concerned. Diabetes? Heart issues? I have had lower back pain for about six months now and I'm wondering if I have a pinched nerve that is causing it.

Any help would be very much appreciated. I am 40 and worry and am starting to worry about my health.

it's probably toxic shock. Try switching to all-natural and organic pads.
 
Why haven't you tried a chiropractor ? I get tingly fingers every few years and the chiropractor takes care of it in two visits.

It's amazing. Doctor ain't gonna prescribe it though. They don't believe in that crap.
 
Why haven't you tried a chiropractor ? I get tingly fingers every few years and the chiropractor takes care of it in two visits.

It's amazing. Doctor ain't gonna prescribe it though. They don't believe in that crap.
I think allot of insurances don't cover chiros.

So price might the reason it has not been tried
 
Why haven't you tried a chiropractor ? I get tingly fingers every few years and the chiropractor takes care of it in two visits.

It's amazing. Doctor ain't gonna prescribe it though. They don't believe in that crap.

I went about 10x this summer. Meh. I'd be there for literally about five minutes and they do a couple stretches and snaps and then I'd be on my way.

About five years ago I did go to an Asian one and that helped but they did minimal snaps. It was more stretching, massage, acupuncture, electrostimulation and rehab exercises.

So
 
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