Wow! Thanks. I do lean on my elbow while I'm reading. Lately it's been painful also. Have to figure out how to stay off that elbow. I appreciate it.
My Motto: Faith and Pills With Love 🐠18's Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib 1/2015 Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > On Sep 28, 2017, at 8:51 AM, Peter <pksch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jeanie. > I had a similar problem a few years ago. Left hand was tingling, the pinkie > and the one next to it were almost numb. > I saw a neurologist and he said, the nerve leading to those two fingers runs > around the outside of the elbow. > If you have a habit of leaning on your elbow, then the nerve gets squished, > causing the numbness in the pinkie and the one next to it. > He said, I should stop leaning on the elbow or else he would have to > surgically relocate the nerve. > Since then, I have avoided leaning on it and the problem gradually went away. > Hope this helps....... > Peter > >> On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 9:30:53 AM UTC-4, Jeanie wrote: >> Hi all >> I've been having anew side effect from something and was wondering if anyone >> else has it too. I wake up with my right hand hurting real bad-being numb >> and especially painful in pinkie finger. Now the whole hand hurts. Any >> ideas? >> >> My Motto: >> Faith and Pills >> With Love >> 🐠18's >> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia >> Started Gleevec 2/2004 >> Started Tasigna 9/2009 >> Started Sprycel 11/2009 >> Started Ponatinib 1/2015 >> Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
