MY NAME IS LAURA. I'M A 30 YR. OLD
MOTHER OF THREE AND
I HAVE PN aka PARSONAGE TURNER SYNDROME aka BRACHIAL
PLEXOPATHY.
WELL WHATEVER IT IS,
IT STINKS !!!
O.K. GOT THAT OUT...
I HAD SURGERY ON TWO HERNIATED DISC IN MY CERVICAL SPINE.
THE PROCEDURE WAS CALLED ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION.
I GUESS THEY WERE COLLAPSED PRETTY BAD AND ON SOME NERVES. CAUSE
OF THE HERNIATION IS NOT KNOWN (NO ACCIDENT OR FALL ETC...).
THE SYMPTOMS OF PAIN AND MUSCLE SPASMS IN MY RIGHT ARM STARTED IN
FEBRUARY, 1999. FINALLY I GOT AN MRI IN LATE MARCH, 1999, WHICH
REVEALED THE HERNIATION. FROM THAT POINT I WAS REFERRED TO A
NEUROSURGEON WHO DID THE OPERATION IN LATE
SEPTEMBER, 1999.
WELL IT IS NOW FEBRUARY, 2000, AND I'M STILL SUFFERING FROM A LOT
OF PAIN, MUSCLE SPASMS, SEVERE WEAKNESS, LOSS OF GRIP -- THE LIST
GOES ON...
I AM TAKING MEDICATIONS TO HELP WITH
PAIN. I WILL BE STARTING PHYSICAL THERAPY
NEXT WEEK.
I AM OPTIMISTIC OF MY RECOVERY ALTHOUGH
THE DOC SAYS THE DAMAGE
TO THE NERVES FROM THE HERNIATION PROVE
THIS TO BE A PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.
WE WILL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE LORD
LEADS ME ON THIS.
I HAVE HAD TO STOP WORKING BECAUSE THE
SYMPTOMS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE THAN
I EXPECTED;
BUT MY FAMILY IS THE BEST AND VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD APPLY FOR SSD OR
SEE IF I GET BETTER.
TOO SOON TO TELL.
FOR NOW I WILL JUST REST KNOWING THRU GOD
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE AND
WITHOUT HIM IT WOULD BE MUCH
WORSE!!!!!
I HOPE MY STORY HAS SHED A LITTLE LIGHT
FOR SOME OR
MAYBE YOU CAN SHED SOME MY
WAY.
IF SO E-MAIL ME ....
THANKS
LAURA
GRANL5@aol.com
P. S. I WILL UPDATE YOU ALL SOON.
GOD BLESS
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