Mrs. D. So if the chiro guy that comes to the next meeting, if he stands up and talks about functional medicine, then my radar is going to go up. I shall report back, believe me, I SHALL REPORT BACK.

Melody

I ALMOST feel sorry for this chiropractor already. If i am back from Georgia in time i may come to this meeting also.

Don't worry about the chiropractor. I'll give him one of my muffins.

melody

Yup,... stick one of em in his mouth to shut him up

Boy, you really don't like chirpractors do you?

You must have had a really bad experience with one??

I myself have utilized their services from time to time.

About 30 years ago I had yawned in my sleep, heard a pop and when I woke up and was in the shower, I tried reaching for the shower head and I could not raise my arm. It was dead at my side. REALLY DEAD.

I did no know what to do. I got out, toweled myself dry, (I had an 8 month baby at the time), and told my husband.

My husband takes me to the emergency room and some idiot raises my arm, and tells me 'keep it up in the air". Of course it fell down. He starts to yell at me. I walk out and we went home. I then went to a neurologist who did some nerve conduction thing and told me I had a damaged axillary nerve. He pointed out all the nerves and pointed to one and said "thats' the one". Can't remember much, it was so long ago.

The pain I went through was unbearable. Can you imagine trying to find a position where you are finally not in pain. I found it. I had to lie off the bed with my head on the floor. You can't take care of a baby when you are lying in that position.

I then called my parents who lived in Florida and they said "get on a plane, we'll take care of you and the baby and we'll send you to a nearby chiropractor".

So Alan (who had to work), put me on a plane, (with one dead arm) and an 8 month old baby, and I arrived in Florida.

I will NEVER forget that experience if I live to be 100.

They made an appointment for me.

He examines me and sees that I have a dead arm, and that takes my hand and says "I can do a manipulation will hurt like hell but I can give you the use of your hand". He then takes my thumb and forefinger and told me 'try to keep these two together as I hold your hand. I could not. My hand was dead. I cold not keep a grasp on his hand.

Then he said "Okay, here we go, hold on"

I'm lying face down on his table, he takes his hands and he presses something in my neck, I hear a crunch and I had the WORST experience of my life, and I screamed. He then said "give me your hand and I'll show you what I did".

My two fingers worked fine.

But....I had jumped off the table crying and said "How many more do you need to do"?"and he said "A few". I said "I can't do that any more'.

He said "Okay, I understand, we'll do it by stretching your neck but you have to come here every day for one week".

So that's what I did. I did that every morning for one week while my parents took care of my son.

I then flew home and followed up with a chiropractor near my house.

Took me a LONG LONG LONG time to get over that pinched nerve.

You have to USE it or else you LOSE it.

Never forgot that experience.

So next month we'll see what this new chiro guy has to offer with his laser treatments.

Will update when I know. Since it will be a month from now, I'll begin a new thread after that meeting.

Melody

I had something similiar happen back in 1985 or 86 i cant remember exactly but anyway i went to get something out of the cabinet, grabbed it and then my arm just fell, no control at all, i couldnt lift it again for a few minutes then it went away and never came back. scary.

Wow, your arm went dead for a few minutes and then it worked fine?? And you never found out why?

Holy Cow!!!

Mel

no pain , no tingling, no warning. one minute ok, then no control then back to ok again. strange. ive shrugged off a lot of sprains, strains and pain over the years.

That can (but not always) be very typical of TIA's. Hence the "Transient" in TIA. A small clot can trigger a motor nerve and cause the 'dropping'. Once it clears, you can have function again. I have had several of the same (arm thing)...and also 3 small strokes.

Glad it never happened again. But if it does, you should always have it checked, even if you get function back. Many stroke patients had some sort of warning (TIA) that went unchecked before their stroke.

you are right i should have. i was 28 years old, in great shape, and thought i was invincible. ive had brain mri since then, nothing there,,,err i mean abnormailites.