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Originally Posted by cherrychola
Hi, im Chole, and im very new to this site, as in seconds new  . Im having a problem that no one seems to be able to figure out.
I got hurt at work in march, scooping icecream. The icecream was frozen solid and i strained way to hard i guess to get the icecream. Something in my right hand/wrist popped and shot pain up my arm to my shoulder.
After that initial injury, whatever it was that happend, i have experienced swelling and sharp pains in my hand. I have intence tingling and numbness in my hand and forarm. I had to work like this for 4 months because my job ignored me when i told them i was hurt.
After a while the pain spread further.It went up to my shoulder. my bicep and shoulder sometimes feel as tho they are on fire. Sometimes the pain is sharp and stabbing through out. Sometimes its deep and aching. I experience a feeling in my hand, forarm, and bicep that feels like someone has insurted icecubes under my skin. My hand and arm is very weak. The pain had begun slowly to migrate up my arm to my shoulder, and have now found its way into my kneck.
I went to a doctor who thoight it was carpel tunnel at first but 2 mnths of phys therapy only made it worse so i was sent to an ortho specialist. He thought it was carpel tunnel but now that its all the way to my kneck he says he has no clue whats wrong with me. He said i need a nerve conduct study done, but my jobs insurance refuses to pay for it(yeah i have a lawyer). So now i cant get the test done. So far i have been dealing with this for 8 1/2 months and i still dont know whats wrong.
And now that the pain has made its way to my kneck i get headaches only on the right side of head, behind eye, ear, and at base of skull. My jaw tightens at the hinges. I get muscel spasms starting at my right elbow up to the back of my kneck. There is this strange tightening in the front of my kneck like my throat is trying to close up. Also there is a knot/lump thing at the base of my skull only on right side.
Should i go to the hospital? Whats wrong with me? |
Hi.
This is what I would (If you can do this). Print out exactly what you wrote. Take yourself to the emergency room, hand the paper to the admitting person, saying 'I AM IN AGONY".
Someone will have to listen, you just might get that nerve conduction test (which will tell them A LOT OF INFO).
Sounds like a lot of nerve damage going on. I had that happen to me once about 30 years ago. I yawned in my sleep, stretching out my right arm. I heard a popping sound, woke up in agony, went to ER, they did a nerve conduction test, told me I hurt my axillary nerve (sorry, that is the only word I can remember from 30 years ago). They gave me pain pills which did nothing. I had to go to physical therapy and make my arm go way up and down the wall. Very hard to do. Took me years to get the use of my arm back.
So try and get some answers and keep posting.
Someone has to listen to you. And shame on your employers for not believing you.
To this day, I can't scoop frozen ice cream out of a bucket.
Too hard.
Melody