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

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

The assumption is that it's the disc bulging - it would need an MRI to confirm it, but the symptoms fit, along with the response or lack of to various things and the tests my doctor did to see what hurt.

Burning? Ow. I think I'll stick with tingling, given the choice :-( How long has it been bothering you? If it doesn't get better fast, you should get it checked.

[teaforme.livejournal.com]

It seems to be gone, but I'm still trying to be careful. It was weird, like I could feel that something was going on with my neck and/or shoulder and sending pain and the burning sensation down to my hand.

A bulging disk? I hope the rack helps. :-)