After several doctors and MRI's over the past few years because of slow muscle atrophy in my upper R pec and bicep and finally muscle weakness, numbness and tingling in my whole right arm that very quickly affected my ability to push, I found a neuromuscular neurologist, Dr. McCluskey at Penn if you live in the area and need one(he is great) who looked at my latest MRI and read the report and told me I had a large anachroid cyst and a lot of CS fluid at C6/7. I saw him on a Friday and Monday I was admitted and Tuesday, I had a laminectomy and a shunt put in that feeds the fluid to my belly. It was real rough going, 15 days there and then off to rehab where I finally got discharged Tuesday, Dec. 28 - 43 days total.
This has been one of the worst years of my life and this has been one of the hardest things I've efer been through, but for this. Some time after the operation, Dr. Welch the surgeon asked me if I could move my fingers and I thought he was nuts and said NO. Then the day before I was transferred out to rehab, he asked me again and my answer was the same. he said keep watching. At rehab about 3 1/2 weeks later, I noticed my R pointer finger move and then I moved it on command 10 times, stopped and did it again - then my R thumb - then my L middle and ring fingers(they only move together). My rehab team were scratching their heads and my physiatrist said just keep working them. There is no function, they just move back and forth.
I'm totally amazed and just stare at them. After all these years, how is this possible? What does it mean for all us old timers? Who would have thought, it's crazy.
So all I can say is Happy New Year and stay HEALTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has been one of the worst years of my life and this has been one of the hardest things I've efer been through, but for this. Some time after the operation, Dr. Welch the surgeon asked me if I could move my fingers and I thought he was nuts and said NO. Then the day before I was transferred out to rehab, he asked me again and my answer was the same. he said keep watching. At rehab about 3 1/2 weeks later, I noticed my R pointer finger move and then I moved it on command 10 times, stopped and did it again - then my R thumb - then my L middle and ring fingers(they only move together). My rehab team were scratching their heads and my physiatrist said just keep working them. There is no function, they just move back and forth.
I'm totally amazed and just stare at them. After all these years, how is this possible? What does it mean for all us old timers? Who would have thought, it's crazy.
So all I can say is Happy New Year and stay HEALTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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