| Last Updated August 04, 2005 |
My TOS :
I have had the privelidge of having these problems as long as I can remember. I remember asking my father how he could paint all day without his hands and arms going numb. He looked at me like I was from another planet I had never as a child was inclined to seek out medical attention for this. About ten years later I bought a cabinet shop and made all kinds of cabinets and such, THAT was tuff with the pain every night and my arms turning blue. I finally went to see my primary care Doc. and his answer was to give me 100 painkiller pills with 5 refills. I thought this was stupid. Four years later my Primary changed and I brought this up to him. He too gave me narcotic, but he sent me to another Doctor. This new doctor was a Thorasic doctor and he said I did not have this problem. So I was sent to see a carpal tunnel doctor and he said he thought it was radial and medial entrapments in the arms. So he sent me to another doctor who seemed to know exactly what the problem was. After 4 surgerys with this doctor it started to feel better. Well another year has passed and I ended up being admitted for 5 days because my arm turned blue! They have put me on cumadin (pretty bad stuff). So I lived for about the next six months like this untill finally it turned blue again. Wo went to the doctors offise unanounced and walked right in and he saw me right there having the prblem! He said to me normally we wait 3 months to see if pt will work but you are going under the knife soon. I feel knid of happy the doctor is goung to do something about this.
Dr. John Najjar at Worcester Medical Center Vascular Surgeon