Debi, you really wanted to be able to use the computer! Good for you,
although I know it can't be easy. That
doctor should be shot!
Janice, Missouri
----- Original Message -----
From: Debi
To: tmic-list
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:09 PM
Subject: [TMIC] Feet to Hands problems/solutions?
Yes I had this same thing happen to me my right hand went into a clinch
and I couldn't get it to open so I went to the emergency room...and a doctor
there told me I was a scitzo! And wouldn't give me rehab so now I have ulnar
nerve damage...and I have been known to throw a can of Pepsi across the room.
From a spasm.. I haven't had one in a while now and I can grasp things and
release ok now...I cant hold on to anything with weight my right hand will drop
it, but I can open a door with the round nobs now..and being I am right handed
I had to change the way I wrote I write just with my thumb and first and middle
fingers I also type just with the three fingers on my right and normal on the
left.
Debi
South Lake Tahoe Ca
OK, we've explored the different problems of TM with the
feet/legs/toes. Now, how many of you have your hands cramp up into weird
positions or lock around something or lock into a clintch and not be able to
get your hands to relax into "normal" positions.
When I'm eating, my hands will clintch around the silverware. There
have been times where I'm trying to cut something on my plate and BOTH hands
clintch around the silverware; the only thing I can do is try to pull the
silverware pieces out by my mouth then try to unclintch my hands with my mouth,
or sit on my hands or try yoga breathing techniques to relax. This seems to
happen if I'm tired or too hot/cold. Now when those conditions occurs, if
anything on my plate needs cutting I pick it up and eat it with my hands. Sure
cuts down on going out to eat in public.
Has anyone bought the special silverware where the handles are bigger?
Did it help?
To me, the pain from hands cramping/spasming is MUCH worse than my
feet/toes or legs, at least I have my hands to unclutch toes, or grab my feet
or leg and "talk" to the offending part (which seems to help).
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