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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Spokane Valley, Wa
Posts: 473
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Spokane Valley, Wa
Posts: 473
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crps spreading to hands?
I could use a little advice, please.
I am having problems with my hands now, and I'm not sure if it's spread. It's a much different kind of pain than in my legs. They are certainly more sensitive than they used to be, which fits the bill... and I have a few discolored spots as well. They are always cold, too.
But my biggest problem is in pushing myself up off the couch, bed, whatever. I am accustomed to using my hands and arms to move myself around, it takes some of the burden off my legs. About 1 out of every 3 times I do that now, though, it causes quite a bit of pain. It feels as if I have a broken bone in my hand, and it's grinding under the pressure I am putting on it. THAT is not what I am used to in my legs and feet.
I don't have a PM specialist, I am treated by my aids dr. They try their best, I'm sure... they've even gone to a few of the websites that I told them about, the ones I got from this site (thanks e1). I haven't had any tests, xrays, blocks or therapy in about 9-10 years.
The main problem is, my dr.s say, that the PM here is awful, and prescribes very few pain meds. And once I go to him, Medicaid will NOT allow my reg Dr. to keep giving me the meds I am on now. They will go strictly by the recommendations of this sub-standard PM. That will just not do, obviously.
I am truly afraid of going anywhere else to seek answers. I went many years without treatment of any kind, self-medicating with illegal street drugs and Rx's we could get easily in Mexico. I cannot go back to doing that, or maybe I just won't. But that's the reason for my dilemma.
What should I ask my reg. dr. to do to find out what is going on with my hands?
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