Say, remember that weird numbness that put me in the hospital over the summer? Well, I had a follow-up visit with the neurologist, who had me get bloodwork done for every possible scenario up to and including Lyme’s disease, and the bloodwork came back—completely normal. So I can’t blame a low thyroid for my weight gain.
The facts are in: I gained weight this year because I ate more and exercised, well, not at all. The probable suspect of my numbness is now a pinched/aggravated nerve, possibly caused by the weight gain/lack of exercise.
The answer, of course, is diet and exercise.
Goddammit. There goes my last excuse.
I have figured out what I’m going to do for my birthday. I’m going to the rock climbing gym, suiting up, and hitting the walls.
It’s a start.
My sister had the same thing it seems. The doctors thought the numbness may be M.S., but the tests came back inconclusive. Then a chiropractor diagnosed it as a pinched nerve–same symptoms he’d seen before. He was right. A chiropractor could probably get the nerve unpinched for you.
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Well, if the diet and exercise don’t clear it up, a chiropractor is an option. But not right now. My medical plan doesn’t cover chiropractic.
Here’s hoping I get that job I’m interviewing for, because I think their medical plan does.
I can’t count the number of patients I have whose weight gain is due to a glandular problem. Trouble is, it’s usually the stomach gland.
First time I went to Weight Watchers someone stood up and said that they couldn’t lose weight because it was their glands. The speaker pointed out that if weight gain due to glands that wouldn’t respond to diet and exersize was at all common, there would have been more camp survivors at the end of WWII who were fat. Given that there weren’t, it would seem that diet and exersize probably outweigh [pardon the pun] other issues.
All I know is when I’ve been to the JCC to work with treadmill and machines, my weight goes down, and when I don’t it goes up…
Meryl,
Is it still in a dermatome pattern?By this I mean is it running down the arm making the thumb to middle of the ring finger or conversely the lateral ring finger and little finger tingle?Do you wake at night and shake your hand?(this is called a thermometer sign).
You had an extensive work up;I think a corticosteroid/anesthetic shot will fix the problem.And my advice is don’t let a chiropracter near your neck.
(By the way,the injection should cost about $125-150;don’t get overcharged.It’s not a difficult proceedure.)
Yeah, diet and exercise suck.