The Mysterious Tingles Continued....

[tiggymalvern]

I spontaneously got no better on the tedious aches or the tinglings, so I returned to see my GP at the end of last week. I talked to him about the chiropractry aspect several people had recommended, and he wasn't keen on it for anything involving discs and nerves, an attitude I can fully sympathise with (googling reveals one case study in which 75% of people with C6 radiculopathy got better with chiropractry, and the other 25% got worse. Nice for those who improve, really sucks for those who don't.) He does recommend another form of physio instead, which involves putting the neck into slow traction so the disc slips back into the enlarged space.

So anyway, the result is that I'm now 3 days into a 6 day course of prednisone (so far relieves some of the aching rather conveniently, does sod all for the tingles). None of the nasty side effects the GP was so paranoid about though, which doesn't surprise me given how frequently we hand them out to the animals, and how few of them have real issues.

I'm seeing the physio on Wednesday about having my neck stretched. Sounds like fun! Damn, I'm tall enough without the rack XD

Comments

[solo.livejournal.com]

That sounds... hm, maybe not like fun to me, but certainly intriguing. Hope it goes well. :-)

[tameiki.livejournal.com]

The traction move is one of the things my chiropractor uses on me with every visit, it's lovely and so effective. Whatever treatment you do with, I hope something works for you! :)

[teaforme.livejournal.com]

It sounds very unpleasant! I've had something similar on and off recently, with a slight burning sensation (mostly in the thumb) instead of tingling. Nice. I'm trying rest, no wacky stretching, and to be more ergonomically correct at the computer. It seems to be working, mostly.

So, what is the problem? Slipped disk? Do they know? At any rate, good luck! I hope it goes away.

[isabeau-gower.livejournal.com]

Yikes, not the best of odds. I hope they come up with a safe, effective treatment option for you.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Prednisone turns me into an eating machine. Glad you're missing out on that one.