GAL WITH CHRONIC PAIN
10-23-2001, 02:31 PM
Hello All,
I posted awhile back, explaining that I had numbness, but not pain. I had an EMG, which showed bilateral CTS.
Since my post, I DID develop pain at night, and when using my hand(s) too much for chopping food, typing, etc.
I saw the Orthopedic doctor for a consult. He suggested that a cortisone shot would alleviate some of my symptoms. He first gave me a shot in the right-wrist median nerve. Good Lord. It felt like I had put my index finger into a light socket. The pain was horrible, and lasted three days. When he asked if I wanted an injection into the left wrist, I passed.
Ever since that injection, whenever I exert pressure on my wrist, such as cutting my meat at dinner, I get a feeling of electrial shocks through my palm, thumb, index finger, and middle finger. The shot actually made me worse, although the wrist splint does help with the numbness I was experiencing.
I saw the hand surgeon, in the same office, 4 weeks after that injection. I told him what happened. He admitted that the first doctor must have scratched the wall of the median nerve with the needle, resulting in "temporary" nerve damage. He told me to start taking Vitamin B6, and see if it "cures" my CT. He said it isn't bad enough for surgery - yet.
There was a lot of fuss as I was checking out at the desk, and I asked the very nice nurse what was going on. It seems the first doc, who gave me the nerve damage, never documented the shot, or the reaction I had from it. The shockiness, the three day pain, etc. Gee, I wonder why he omitted that info from my chart, huh?
Just a question, too. Out of those of you who take Vitamin B6. I've only taken one, the day I bought them, because I got horrendous stomach pain when I took it, and am afraid to try again. Also, as you may know, if you are a diabetic, you CANNOT take B6. So, I'm going in for a diabetes test before continuing the treatment.
Does Vitamin B6 hurt anyone else's stomach, and, did it actually cure anybody here?
I posted awhile back, explaining that I had numbness, but not pain. I had an EMG, which showed bilateral CTS.
Since my post, I DID develop pain at night, and when using my hand(s) too much for chopping food, typing, etc.
I saw the Orthopedic doctor for a consult. He suggested that a cortisone shot would alleviate some of my symptoms. He first gave me a shot in the right-wrist median nerve. Good Lord. It felt like I had put my index finger into a light socket. The pain was horrible, and lasted three days. When he asked if I wanted an injection into the left wrist, I passed.
Ever since that injection, whenever I exert pressure on my wrist, such as cutting my meat at dinner, I get a feeling of electrial shocks through my palm, thumb, index finger, and middle finger. The shot actually made me worse, although the wrist splint does help with the numbness I was experiencing.
I saw the hand surgeon, in the same office, 4 weeks after that injection. I told him what happened. He admitted that the first doctor must have scratched the wall of the median nerve with the needle, resulting in "temporary" nerve damage. He told me to start taking Vitamin B6, and see if it "cures" my CT. He said it isn't bad enough for surgery - yet.
There was a lot of fuss as I was checking out at the desk, and I asked the very nice nurse what was going on. It seems the first doc, who gave me the nerve damage, never documented the shot, or the reaction I had from it. The shockiness, the three day pain, etc. Gee, I wonder why he omitted that info from my chart, huh?
Just a question, too. Out of those of you who take Vitamin B6. I've only taken one, the day I bought them, because I got horrendous stomach pain when I took it, and am afraid to try again. Also, as you may know, if you are a diabetic, you CANNOT take B6. So, I'm going in for a diabetes test before continuing the treatment.
Does Vitamin B6 hurt anyone else's stomach, and, did it actually cure anybody here?