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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 588102" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Sorry, it is VERY possible for a disc to make the thumb and index finger tingle. I have been tested for carpal tunnel and have not had it, but with the first disc those two fingers also hurt.</p><p></p><p>ALL of your nerves travel to the spinal cord. The area that hurts, tingles, goes numb is what tells the doctor which vertebrae to look at. My first disc fusion did not happen soon after symptoms started because the primary care doctor thought it was carpal tunnel. He first wanted me to just sleep in wrist braces to try to help avoid surgery. When that helped not one bit over several months, he ordered a test that I cannot remember the name of. It is right on the edge of my brain and I cannot remember it. grrrrrr. Anyway, it was a test where they stick a nedle in you and have you move or sometimes just sit there, and then they move the needle and do it again. Somehow they listen to what the nerves are doing or get some read on them and can tell you what is going on. I remember how awful the test was, and wearing long sleeves to work in the middle of summer, and that my entire arm was hideous looking because each tme he put the needle in he would then move it around and it ended with my arm looking like on huge bruise with track marks. </p><p></p><p>problem one of you can think of the name. I hate that I cannot think of the word. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, it very much could be carpal or it could be a disc issue. The position of the pain says which nerve, and then the doctor can do an MRI to see if you need surgery. I was told that if my doctor hadn't wasted so much time between when I saw him about the symptoms and when he did the mri and sent me to a surgeon, I would not have been told to adjust to not getting full mobility in my hands and my neck. I worked as hard as I could and did get full use back in my hands and in my neck. By the time he finally ordered that mri, I had symptoms in both hands, which is quite rare or so they say. I did get full use and mobility back, at least until the next disc ruptured ten yrs later. </p><p></p><p>Janet, a while back you had your back suddenly start hurting and you didn't know what was going on. The way you described the pain is what my doctor said to watch for. Did anyone check for compression fractures? As it is bone, surely an xray could see it. I know you won't have an MRI and I understand totally. I wish your doctor would order full anesthesia for an mri for you. I know it is possible because they did that with Jess when her shaking started.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 588102, member: 1233"] Sorry, it is VERY possible for a disc to make the thumb and index finger tingle. I have been tested for carpal tunnel and have not had it, but with the first disc those two fingers also hurt. ALL of your nerves travel to the spinal cord. The area that hurts, tingles, goes numb is what tells the doctor which vertebrae to look at. My first disc fusion did not happen soon after symptoms started because the primary care doctor thought it was carpal tunnel. He first wanted me to just sleep in wrist braces to try to help avoid surgery. When that helped not one bit over several months, he ordered a test that I cannot remember the name of. It is right on the edge of my brain and I cannot remember it. grrrrrr. Anyway, it was a test where they stick a nedle in you and have you move or sometimes just sit there, and then they move the needle and do it again. Somehow they listen to what the nerves are doing or get some read on them and can tell you what is going on. I remember how awful the test was, and wearing long sleeves to work in the middle of summer, and that my entire arm was hideous looking because each tme he put the needle in he would then move it around and it ended with my arm looking like on huge bruise with track marks. problem one of you can think of the name. I hate that I cannot think of the word. Anyway, it very much could be carpal or it could be a disc issue. The position of the pain says which nerve, and then the doctor can do an MRI to see if you need surgery. I was told that if my doctor hadn't wasted so much time between when I saw him about the symptoms and when he did the mri and sent me to a surgeon, I would not have been told to adjust to not getting full mobility in my hands and my neck. I worked as hard as I could and did get full use back in my hands and in my neck. By the time he finally ordered that mri, I had symptoms in both hands, which is quite rare or so they say. I did get full use and mobility back, at least until the next disc ruptured ten yrs later. Janet, a while back you had your back suddenly start hurting and you didn't know what was going on. The way you described the pain is what my doctor said to watch for. Did anyone check for compression fractures? As it is bone, surely an xray could see it. I know you won't have an MRI and I understand totally. I wish your doctor would order full anesthesia for an mri for you. I know it is possible because they did that with Jess when her shaking started. [/QUOTE]
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