Alan, How long (if ever) did you push a manual chair? I have arthritis in my shoulders from over 17 years in a manual. I developed bone spurs in one shoulder and had rotator cuff surgery. The shooulder problems caused chest muscle pain because I used them to compensate for weaker shoulder muscles. I don't know if that's your problem, but think about it.
Bill C6 Incomplete since 7/20/68 Age 57 Leesburg, FL Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 1:01 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] better today Thankfully, for some reason, my upper chest and arms are better today (less pain, heaviness, numbness, and weakness, and I don't feel so weak overall. Right arm still has some numbness and weakness, but that's been standard for a while, and it's not nearly as bad as the past two days.) Yesterday was really scary - the arms were extremely painful, and I could barely move them, and it got more difficult as the day went on. I really feared I'd wake up today with no arm use at all. I went to bed at 7:00, because I couldn't really type any more, and could barely control my chair - unless I'm sick or the catheter blows, I never go to bed before I go in for the night at 10:00, no matter how bad pains are. To explain the difference between yesterday and "normal," when I'm in bed, I do movements of my arms in sets of 20 (that's sets, plural, for some moves, like rotator cuff.) Yesterday, I tried to do them after I lay down. By the fifth move, I had to stop - I couldn't do them. Today, I got full sets done, and into second sets, and I'm pretty much having only the usual difficulties using my arms - upper back pain, poor balance and posture, and popping scapulas. What could cause this? Deficiency in some vitamin or mineral involved in nerve conduction or muscle movement? The inner arm pains definitely felt like the central pain - the skin and muscles pulled when I moved, and all the sensations felt like the rest of my body. They came on so fast! I'm not taking any new meds, and I am eating (not much, but that's normal for me, and I have my Boost Plus and multivitamin daily.) I don't think effects of a syrinx would come on that fast, and I doubt they'd get better by themselves. Anyhoo, I'm much better physically and emotionally today. Alan -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by alanh77[at]comcast.net using MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 Proudly using eComstation 1.2R (OEM OS/2) BBS - The Nerve Center Telnet FidoNet 261/1000 tncbbs.no-ip.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------
