Health Update

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I got a couple emails asking, so I thought I’d give you an update.

After taking down the Christmas decorations, I began to feel numbness in both hands and in my arms.  I had a lot of swelling in my hands and feet.  I also had joint pain.   After a video visit with the doctor, I was given a muscle relaxer and steroids.

I was told if the numbness didn’t go away to make an appointment.  After the meds were gone, the numbness remains.  So she worked me in on Friday.

At the appointment, she had me raise my hands and arms and such.  She moved them around, poked around and thinks it’s something in my neck.  I don’t know how that fits into everything else, but ok.  She told me that she wants me to go get an EMG.  So now I am waiting to get a day for that. I need to call on Monday.

I’m not sure what happened with my Blood Pressure, either. On Thursday, when I was at the ADHD doctor it was 130/80.  That’s good for me! But at the Primary doc on Friday, it was 140/100.

There was all kinds of confusion with my Upper GI test, too.  For some reason they had me down as cancelled.  I spent way too much time on the phone trying to figure out whether I was getting it done or not.  Once it was sorted out, we figured out what happened. It is now rescheduled to this coming week. 

So in a nutshell I have more questions than answers.  When I wake up, that’s when it is the worst.  Pain accompanies the numbness.  Some swelling, too.

I will keep you posted. Thanks for checking up on me.

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  9. It’s good your on top of your health Keith and you really have to advocate for yourself at times. Hope things get resolved for you sooner than later.
    Hang in there…

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