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Another Night In The ER
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Gabes-Apg
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wow
olivia our marine works with helo's as well......
and i have now worked with almost every type of engineer in my career,
chemical, mining, structural,mechanical, avionics,
and i distribute a daily dilbert. i go through all the originals from the mid 1990's and pick the best to be dilbert of the day. The distribution goes globally to friends and ex colleagues and current collegues.
some of the long term recipients now know when i am unwell when the daily dilbert is not in their inbox!
The new role that i interviewed for is as contract coordinator, given we are talking multi billion dollar contracts it is a big step (workload and responsibility) i would be managing three staff
olivia our marine works with helo's as well......
and i have now worked with almost every type of engineer in my career,
chemical, mining, structural,mechanical, avionics,
and i distribute a daily dilbert. i go through all the originals from the mid 1990's and pick the best to be dilbert of the day. The distribution goes globally to friends and ex colleagues and current collegues.
some of the long term recipients now know when i am unwell when the daily dilbert is not in their inbox!
The new role that i interviewed for is as contract coordinator, given we are talking multi billion dollar contracts it is a big step (workload and responsibility) i would be managing three staff
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
Tex,
This is just a wild offbeat suggestion, but have you considered if your numbness is just a physical tension thing impacting on the nerves? Google the brachial plexus and have a look at how the nerves for your arm go through the one point. If the muscles in the chest (especially pec minor) get over tight you can get all sorts of interesting outcomes.
Do you have any feelings of tight or sore muscles in the neck, back or chest? When you look at yourself in the mirror, are your shoulders back, or are you hunched forward with your shoulders forward of your neck? If so, it may be worth thinking about attending to that.
Of course, this doesn't explain high blood pressure, but sudden pain will usually make the blood pressure go up. Heck, any pain will tend to do that.
The migraine thing made me think of this - plus lying in bed with my right arm hurting because I hadn't done my gym class for two weeks in a row.
It never hurts to consider the mundane.
Lyn
This is just a wild offbeat suggestion, but have you considered if your numbness is just a physical tension thing impacting on the nerves? Google the brachial plexus and have a look at how the nerves for your arm go through the one point. If the muscles in the chest (especially pec minor) get over tight you can get all sorts of interesting outcomes.
Do you have any feelings of tight or sore muscles in the neck, back or chest? When you look at yourself in the mirror, are your shoulders back, or are you hunched forward with your shoulders forward of your neck? If so, it may be worth thinking about attending to that.
Of course, this doesn't explain high blood pressure, but sudden pain will usually make the blood pressure go up. Heck, any pain will tend to do that.
The migraine thing made me think of this - plus lying in bed with my right arm hurting because I hadn't done my gym class for two weeks in a row.
It never hurts to consider the mundane.
Lyn
Lyn,
I really believe that it is some sort of neurological issue, (but, of course, I can't afford to ignore the possibility that it might be a real ischemic event, so I have to play that game, just to be safe). I doubt that the brachial plexus is the source of the problem, because my episodes always begin at the right end of my lips, and radiate outward from there, but never cross over onto the left side of my face, of course. Then, a few seconds later, the fingers of my right hand will begin tingling, and they will slowly become numb, and the numbness will spread up my arm, usually as far as my bicep. No other noticeable symptoms.
I've never detected any signs of tight or sore muscles in the neck, back or chest at any time before, during, or after these events, which is really surprising, of course. My posture appears to be good, if I do say so myself. LOL.
I still think that it might be a form of hemiplegic migraine, but the problem is that I never see any auras, nor notice any headache, (nor any other pain), before, during, or after the episodes. That makes it a bit difficult to make a case for a migraine event.
The blood pressure probably goes up in response to adrenaline flow, after it dawns on me that I might be in the early stages of a stroke. Once the chemicals are circulation, that part of the reaction is bound to run it's course, regardless of whether or not anything else happens afterward. The total lack of pain, is a real puzzle. I sometimes wonder if the pain might be there, but I can't feel it.
I appreciate the insight, because I'm still pretty much clueless, at this point, and I'm certainly open to suggestion.
Thanks,
Tex
I really believe that it is some sort of neurological issue, (but, of course, I can't afford to ignore the possibility that it might be a real ischemic event, so I have to play that game, just to be safe). I doubt that the brachial plexus is the source of the problem, because my episodes always begin at the right end of my lips, and radiate outward from there, but never cross over onto the left side of my face, of course. Then, a few seconds later, the fingers of my right hand will begin tingling, and they will slowly become numb, and the numbness will spread up my arm, usually as far as my bicep. No other noticeable symptoms.
I've never detected any signs of tight or sore muscles in the neck, back or chest at any time before, during, or after these events, which is really surprising, of course. My posture appears to be good, if I do say so myself. LOL.
I still think that it might be a form of hemiplegic migraine, but the problem is that I never see any auras, nor notice any headache, (nor any other pain), before, during, or after the episodes. That makes it a bit difficult to make a case for a migraine event.
The blood pressure probably goes up in response to adrenaline flow, after it dawns on me that I might be in the early stages of a stroke. Once the chemicals are circulation, that part of the reaction is bound to run it's course, regardless of whether or not anything else happens afterward. The total lack of pain, is a real puzzle. I sometimes wonder if the pain might be there, but I can't feel it.
I appreciate the insight, because I'm still pretty much clueless, at this point, and I'm certainly open to suggestion.
Thanks,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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belgiangirl
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Hope you are feeling better
Hello Tex,
I hope you are feeling better now and that things return to "normal". I was diagnosed with an other autoimmune disease 25 years ago, called Guillain Barré, which left me totally paralysed but I recovered. Now I have MC and I just wonder what the hell is wrong with my immune system to catch two autoimmune diseases in one lifetime, but I understand from these posts that I am not the only one in this situation.
You as well as everyone else on this board are on my prayers.
Love,
annie
I hope you are feeling better now and that things return to "normal". I was diagnosed with an other autoimmune disease 25 years ago, called Guillain Barré, which left me totally paralysed but I recovered. Now I have MC and I just wonder what the hell is wrong with my immune system to catch two autoimmune diseases in one lifetime, but I understand from these posts that I am not the only one in this situation.
You as well as everyone else on this board are on my prayers.
Love,
annie
Annie,
Autoimmune diseases seem to come in groups. As you can see by the results of this poll that we did over 4 years ago, many of us have more than a few autoimmune diseases:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3715
I'm certainly glad that you recovered from the Guillain Barré paralysis, and thank you for your support.
Tex
Autoimmune diseases seem to come in groups. As you can see by the results of this poll that we did over 4 years ago, many of us have more than a few autoimmune diseases:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3715
I'm certainly glad that you recovered from the Guillain Barré paralysis, and thank you for your support.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.