Vaya
Bluelight Crew
It's been exactly 6 weeks since I inadvertently fell asleep at my desk chair writing resumes looking for work, only to wake up two hours later without the use of my right hand.
After two orthopedic visits and one with the neurologist to engage in EMG tests and nerve conduction velocity studies, I am left with the diagnosis of radial nerve palsy - that is, a lesion of the radial nerve in my right (dominant) arm causing wrist drop. Dangle your wrist in front of you, allowing it to be a floppy, lifeless and wholly useless - despite vital - appendage to your daily living. That's what it's been for 1.5 months now.
I suppose my primary purpose for posting this is to probe whether or not anyone else in the BL community has struggled with any mononeuropathies (or any neuropathic diseases) and how you may have overcome, or at least dealt with, such dysfunctions. I've been told by my neurologist that the damage here is most likely due to compression of the nerve, and that the damage is most likely reversible. I also understand that remyelination (the re-growth of the myelin sheath around the nerve fiber), especially in the peripheral nervous system, is a lengthy process. But just how lengthy? And what factors does it depend on?
I've been taking a shitload of vitamins, as well as omega-3, 6 and 9 fatty acids to promote remyelination, as well as ginkgo biloba extract to increase bloodflow to the affected area. I've also been using a heating pad for this purpose too, and obviously refraining from applying pressure to the affected area (my right distal proximal forearem - the top of my right forearm right after the elbow).
This community has helped me with so much over the years. I've read so many links about it, but can't find comfort being that it has been such a while since this initially happened.
My mind wanders, and I grow more and more worried each day that I may not regain function in my wrist/hand without microsurgery, which I cannot afford. And the injury is preventing me from beginning work at most any job where dual manual dexterity is required (most any job, really), so I've spent the last month and a half self-medicating my anxieties with benzos and opiates.
It's absolutely incredible that I've been able to type all of this, letter-by-letter, with only my left hand without feeling like self-destructing. I'm on a fixed budget which runs out very soon, receiving little support from my girlfriend (whom I live with) and family, and really need to hear some choice words from those who have been (or are currently) there.
With love,
~ vaya
After two orthopedic visits and one with the neurologist to engage in EMG tests and nerve conduction velocity studies, I am left with the diagnosis of radial nerve palsy - that is, a lesion of the radial nerve in my right (dominant) arm causing wrist drop. Dangle your wrist in front of you, allowing it to be a floppy, lifeless and wholly useless - despite vital - appendage to your daily living. That's what it's been for 1.5 months now.
I suppose my primary purpose for posting this is to probe whether or not anyone else in the BL community has struggled with any mononeuropathies (or any neuropathic diseases) and how you may have overcome, or at least dealt with, such dysfunctions. I've been told by my neurologist that the damage here is most likely due to compression of the nerve, and that the damage is most likely reversible. I also understand that remyelination (the re-growth of the myelin sheath around the nerve fiber), especially in the peripheral nervous system, is a lengthy process. But just how lengthy? And what factors does it depend on?
I've been taking a shitload of vitamins, as well as omega-3, 6 and 9 fatty acids to promote remyelination, as well as ginkgo biloba extract to increase bloodflow to the affected area. I've also been using a heating pad for this purpose too, and obviously refraining from applying pressure to the affected area (my right distal proximal forearem - the top of my right forearm right after the elbow).
This community has helped me with so much over the years. I've read so many links about it, but can't find comfort being that it has been such a while since this initially happened.
My mind wanders, and I grow more and more worried each day that I may not regain function in my wrist/hand without microsurgery, which I cannot afford. And the injury is preventing me from beginning work at most any job where dual manual dexterity is required (most any job, really), so I've spent the last month and a half self-medicating my anxieties with benzos and opiates.
It's absolutely incredible that I've been able to type all of this, letter-by-letter, with only my left hand without feeling like self-destructing. I'm on a fixed budget which runs out very soon, receiving little support from my girlfriend (whom I live with) and family, and really need to hear some choice words from those who have been (or are currently) there.
With love,
~ vaya
