I know this post is a little dated, but I had very similar symptoms etc recently. The upper arm pain...literally brought me to tears. Not sure it was the pain specifically, but that it just wouldn’t stop. And I didn’t cry when I had a baby. I digress....after the neck/arm/shoulder pain subsided after a cortisone shot I still had pain in my hand, numbness, pins and needles etc, bad at night. Mostly in my first two fingers and thumb, my orthopedic dr said it’s probably carpel tunnel. He said that nerve pain doesn’t skip, so if it’s in the shoulder and the hand, if related, it would be down the entire arm. So, I got a wrist brace and wore it To bed and there’s a night and day difference.candymancan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:34 pm Im not going anywhere near a hospital with the china virus going around. I have no insurance anyway. Theyd charge me 3,000$ just to see a doctor and have them do a basic physical. Ive done it before for a seperate issue 2 years ago. They did a basic physical and in 30 min i was out and they did nothing for my issue. And i got a bill in the mail for 2700$ lol.
It isnt a warning sign of anything like diabetes or something. It was just a pinched nerve.. pinched nerves in the neck or lower back can send paint to the arms and legs and cause numbness. Unless blood flow or the nerves were severed or something it usually goes away after 6-12 weeks for extreme cases. But i have read where people have it for years.
So unless im dying ill never go back to a hospital in my life. I told this to the hospital adminiatrator and the lady who helps with making payments or financial assistance and they were both saddened to hear it because its that bad in this country that people would rather chose pain or death than have huge medical bills and im not the only one who does this.
Im also not getting health insurance with 5-6500$ deductables and high payments either. Prior to obamacare i had a 500 deductable 120$ 25 copay plan with kaiser. Was great insurance., after the healthcare act came out. My payments went to 330$ a month. 1000$ deductable. So i looked at the worst plan and it was 220 a month and 6500$ deductable. So this whole healthcare act wcrewed everything medically for me.
All to help people who refused prior to get health insurance.. If i could find a plan for 120$ a month and 500$ deductable.. why couldnt other people my age. Instead they bitched about the healthcare system and now made it worse. So now people with insurance pay for everyone who doesnt so they can now have inaurance for almost pennies.
I refuse to be part of that.
Yes my pain was unbearable. I felt like i was dying. But even with the screeming like a pig that got shot pain i still refused to see a doctor due to me knowing the costs involved.
Thankfully though, it healed and the pain is gone. I think i suffered some minor nerve damage hense why the two fingers are still very slightly numb. But they are starting to get better very slowely. I think it just needs more time is all.
Had a fractured ankle years ago too. Right after the healthcare act came out and i couldnt afford thr high payments on my insurances (new plan) i franctured my ankle. Lol, it was so bad my ankle was black from the blood and the size of a grapefruit. But alas no insurance so i had to wrap it and just eat asprin. Thankfully i got lucky. It healed and i can run and jump and do whatever... Except kneel down on the right knee. The position it puts the ankle in hurts alot.
Oh well
Again, not sure if this helps but there were such similarities that I thought I would share.
Insurance does blow (I pay $500 a paycheck for a family of 3 with a 3,000 deductible), but this is the only vessel I’ve got so I don’t see that I have much choice. Take care