Originally posted by janasstar
And I'll know I'm through with my 'lifeline' here. Thank you for your help. Jana

I didn’t mean to chase you away or anything, I just think you’ll find some folks who can help you out to a much greater degree on a site with actual doctors. I am sure that come morning here in the eastern US, there will be a lot more folks who will chime in on this with other good possibilities.

[edit on 8/30/2007 by defcon5]

Well I wish you good luck with finding out what is wrong, and hopefully getting it dealt with. Keep us updated as to what you find out.

Do you think you may have been bitten by a spider?

The reason I ask is I watched a documentary ages ago and there were bite victims who were still in agonising pain years after their bites, some of them even had fingers removed. I can't remember much more but the victims lived in the US.

Did you mention a tick bite? Ticks are a variety of spider and they can give you Lyme disease. That can attack various parts of the body and give a variety of symptoms. Yours could be one of them.

Originally posted by wigit
Do you think you may have been bitten by a spider?

You might be on to something here. She did mention that she was struck by immense pain, and that it was a very sudden onset of symptoms. Some of these symptoms do sound eerily similar to certain types of poisoning from Arachnids, and the fact that you were bitten by a tick could play into the issue as well. Lyme disease can show symptoms years after the initial bite, and localized inflammation is a very good indication of such a thing.

Good post!

If you are in a state that has voted in legal medicinal cannabis, you might try getting a referral from a doc near you and trying limited doses; it has proved tremendously beneficial to many pain patients that have had no success with convetional analgesics. If you cannot tolerate smoke a vaporizor eliminates that problem. I would try most conventional remedies first, but if you have exhausted all other possibilities and are still suffering, what have you got to lose? Just make sure that you follow state law and do not place yourself in jeopardy legally speaking if at all possible.

Even if you do not find relief from that herbal remedy, it cannot harm you and is not physically addictive in any sense. Of course, consult a physician before trying ANY substance that you are unfamiliar with. If you are in an unenlightened State, you must weigh the risk versus benefit ratio before making a decision, but in any case as a chronic pain patient myself I can surely appreciate what you are going through.

Just never give up, try a chiropracter for any alignment situations bone wise, and try alternative doctors if possible; some practitioners can suggest treatments that may not be in vouge with the medical establishment but that may very well be effectatious to your condition. Best of luck in finding relief!!

I would go to a chiropractor for now. If it helps, my chiropractor is only about $10-$15 more than my copay, so they are not too expensive. Be prepaired, you will most likely have to go back for a second trip and maybe a third. It takes a while to retrain your muscles to go back to normal.

The bite theory also sounds likely. I agree with the other person who mentioned it earlier that this might be two different things. Perhaps you got bit by something while you slept. You didnt wake until you tried to move your arm and realized it hurt. Then, the pain in your arm caused you to tense up which threw your neck out. My sholder will sit considerably higher than the other when I throw my neck and back out.

Hope that helps. Good luck.