A question, Is this related to the neck?

[Bummer Knees]

I have a question about the cervical spine.

Just a brief update on the neck injury.

ACDF of C5-6 was Feb 14, of this year, every month I see a little improvement although I still have periods of high pain.

This week the pain levels have been high, top of shoulders, back of neck, right arm nerve pain.

Yesterday I was moving some things in my booth at the flea market, nothig heavy but some awkard and over the head work placing a shelf on a wall mount.

The pain started increasing shortly after I got home, top of the shoulders and neck was worse and left arm. Been up since 1:00 am using the tens unit, pain meds.

Today I have limited use/movement of the (other) left arm and can not rotate it in, lots of elbow pain, sharp pains in th wrist & hand.

My Question: Is this sounding like a new injury or problems from the neck.

The neck injury is not part of work comp, I was able to keep it out of the claim.

I know I should not have moved things around but the Bummer is stubborn.

[Cervical_Fusion]

Bummer sounds like more neck related pains,,after my first cervical fusion c5-c6. I contined to have pain as you are describing, then later had to have them go back and they removed 2 more dis. It was the disc above and below the previous fusion, so now they are all fused together. c4-c5-c6- and c7 with one big arse plate attached with like 8 screws in it and i still have neck, shoulder and arm pain.

[Bummer Knees]

Thank you for answering CF

I just wasn't for sure on this. According to the neurosurgeon I no longer have pressure on the spine and he dosn't know why I continue to have the pain I experience. My primary also an osteopath says I likely have perm nerve damage.

What I do not like about this is what the pain is doing to the BP, not good.

[Cervical_Fusion]

(09-30-2011 09:10 PM)Bummer Knees Wrote:  Thank you for answering CF

I just wasn't for sure on this. According to the neurosurgeon I no longer have pressure on the spine and he dosn't know why I continue to have the pain I experience. My primary also an osteopath says I likely have perm nerve damage.

What I do not like about this is what the pain is doing to the BP, not good.

That ws when i started the BP meds.

[Bummer Knees]

Been talking to Bodybuilder about the neck issues and the BP, she suggest I talk to my doctor about medication.

Normal BP for me is 80/60, yesterday it was 156/110.

[bronco54501]

Sorry to hear of the pains, hope its just from over using and not somthing gone bad.... The BP is a big issue, I hope they get that taken care of, thats in danger zone.. My normal bp with meds are 135/80, but when I go to my dr and have to walk pain levels shoot and bp raises to 160/90 range........

[Bummer Knees]

My BP did drop yesterday after using the tens unit to 136/? don't remember the bottom number.

The class I am taking this semester is office 2010 and we just started the excel program working on speadsheets.

I am pretty good with accounting and like working with numbers but those days the pain is up, well nothing makes sense and I just can not think. Not wanting to do the homework on the high pain days has put me behind with this class.

[jayne]

Kathy,I am gonna shoot you...you know better.....

[Bummer Knees]

Jayne that is about what Dennis is saying but I do not want to drop the class. I will try and stick it out and see how it goes.

I will be starting physical therapy Oct 10th and will be having therapy for three week to help reduce the pain levels.