At the end of the last chapter, I stated that the doctors had finally diagnosed me with Neuropathy. This was not because all the evidence pointed that way but because of the tingling and numbness in my hands and they did not know what to do. You see, I did not have any of the other symptoms associated with Neuropathy but to them enough to label it as such.
Of course, when the medical professionals do not know what to do, or what is wrong with you but there is pain; give medication to help deal with the pain and tell you to return in 6 weeks. It is not if it is no better. It is as a matter of fact, we will see you in 6 weeks because this is not going to working no way.
While on the medication, I was really zonked out, unable to care for my daughter who requires total care. She can not talk or walk. We had to get a home health care aide for her. Teaching them her different face expression, at times, was a chore because I would be so out of it that I could not stay awake or make sense.
By the grace of God, I remember, I had written a daily programme for her that gave complete details of her daily schedule for the day program that she is attending. This was a tremendous help to her aide.
The only time I did not feel the pain was when I was knocked out from medication. Telling the doctors each time I went there that the pain were not getting any better became like a broken record. Each time, a different pain medications was prescribed or they increased the dose, still with no good results.
The doctors were still saying that the pain was from the Neuropathy. That the pain was the chosen spot the nerves fire from is the reason I was feeling such pain. Mind you, it was not sore to the touch but pain deep down in the Detoid muscles, which is between your shoulder and armpit.
My question to them was “why is it that I have the numbness and tingling in my hand and none of the other symptoms”. There was a very slight tingling some time in my left hand if my right shoulder was aching really reeaallly bad. By this time, my hand had started to shake a little on the right side only especially when my shoulder was hurting extremely bad.
They tried to give me all kind of reasons why it possibly could be. I started insisting that they stop concentrating on Neuropathy and concentrate on the pain in the shoulder as possible something else wrong with the shoulder. I had been in an automobile accident about 6-8 months before any of this started. They had convinced me that if I had injured my shoulder during that accident, I would have felt the symptoms long before the 6-8 months later.
This seemed very normal and possible to me but the problem still remained.
I trust you will remain with me for the next chapter in my long journey to come soon…
Florencetine Preston
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