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02-24-2013, 10:54 AM | #1 | ||
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14weeks post op C4/5 and its been tough to say the least. I've made several other post over the past few days and am thankful for the replays. One of my sharpest pains now is coming from my upper arm area. It is a pain that literally has me screaming when it hurts. My upper arm area hurts, burns most of the time, even into my forearm and wrist at times. But if I reach for something, especially over my body, I will get the most intense pain, feels like something is trying to snap into. Once I can get my arm in a different position, it stops. If I stretch, which I try not to do, it does the same thing. It will leave my arm hurting and tender to touch, sometimes so hot i have to ice it. Trying to deal with a painful neck at the same time makes this really hard.
Is this the nerves, muscles, any ideas? How long before it stops??? |
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02-25-2013, 11:40 AM | #2 | ||
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02-25-2013, 12:48 PM | #4 | ||
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I know its hard not to get depressed but your right no anti inflammatory meds --I didint get predisone till year later when shoulder acted up from c5 nerve --i wont lie i dont regret surgery and at times i do get nasty flare ups some last longer then others but i still have no regrets the pain prior to surgery was horrible!!!!
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02-25-2013, 02:43 PM | #5 | ||
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02-25-2013, 08:04 PM | #9 | ||
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At 14 weeks post-op, it is unusual for you to be having ongoing problems as you describe. I think at this point, you need to self-refer to a neurologist, one whom your surgeon doesn't personally know, get an eval and neurodiagnostic studies to help zero in on the problem. Your description of burning pain is disturbing and while RSD/CRPS is very unlikely, statistically, it probably should be a consideration until otherwise ruled out. In the very unlikely event that it is, you are approaching the point of no return where intervention is no longer helpful. Besides, a C5 root problem wouldn't likely refer into the forearm and wrist. Reaching up, by the way, should be a relieving position for cervical root pain and in fact is an orthopedic test called Bakody's. There are just a whole host of issues that need to be considered, i.e. brachial plexus, peripheral nerve issues, recurrent disc, etc., and you are not likely going to figure it out without a neuro consult, so don't wait too long. Good luck! |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Cocoa14 (02-26-2013), mg neck prob (02-25-2013) |
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If follow up appts and/or new imaging comes up with nothing to explain it, it could be some trigger points or possible thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) causing the new? pain/sx.
You might look thru the TOS forum sticky threads, or use the search feature for more information about it. http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum24.html You could do a web search for nerve glides to see if those help at all or not.
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