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[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun - 2 years ago (8 children)
How's your neck and arm? Are your triceps and thumb, index, and middle fingers numb or tingly on the same side?
[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun - 2 years ago (7 children)
I'm not having a heart attack, just a muscle spasm, no worrying symptoms, but I appreciate the concern.
[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 2 years ago (4 children)
Not where I was going. I had a herniated disk in my neck a while back and the biggest and first symptom was pain and spasms in my shoulder blade. It progressed to a dead triceps muscle and those mildly numb three fingers.
[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 2 years ago (0 children)
Oh, well shit, that's what I get for assuming. Heart attack was the teledoc's first concern and it makes sense. I didn't think about a herniated disc at all since it wasn't that close to the spine.
[–]roguecanine 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 2 years ago (2 children)
How are you doing now??
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It took Meloxicam a week or two to kick in, but it really helped. I also did stretching exercises a few times a day that helped. The only lingering effect is a weak triceps; the middle one. I had to build up my other ones to get back to full strength. I waited two weeks to see the doctor because I thought it was just a pulled muscle. If I had gone to the doctor sooner, I may have saved that muscle.
What did you find out? Any better?
[–]roguecanine 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 2 years ago (1 child)
What are the odds, same shit, last couple days, left shoulder. Turning head to the left is hard. I would go swimming if I could, that I think would have helped with relaxing muscles.
[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago* (0 children)
Try doing a pushup and see if that side is weak. Do you have to sleep in a certain position to get some comfort? If it is a herniated C-4/C-5 disc, they may give you anti-depressants to get some sleep. I couldn't sleep for more than an hour at a time until the Meloxicam started working. I was able to get by without the anti-depressants, though.
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