At the end of August, I had minor surgery on my elbow to try to correct numbness in the fingers in my left hand. The surgery is called cubital tunnel release. The recovery has been pretty fast, but the numbness is pretty much the same. It can take up to a year for the numbness to subside, or it can stay the same. Thing is, without the surgery, I was risking further numbness and wasting to my hand, so I had to try it.
Tomorrow, I have an EMG for both of my hands because of pain and more numbness. I had had a carpal tunnel release in 1997 in my right hand which seemed to help for a while. Apparently, though, carpal tunnel syndrome can return. Or something.
So there's that. A few days ago, I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy because I have had constant heartburn and acid, no matter what I ate. I already know I have a hiatal hernia, which I had been diagnosed with over 20 years ago. When I woke up from the procedure, the doctor told me I have a small ulcer in my small intestine. Why not, right?
Aside from all this, I have an upcoming appointment with an orthopedist to check out my neck. I've talked before about the issues I have with compressions on my vertebrae or whatever I have. My neurologist has not been a tremendous help. In fact, I can't get an appointment with my neurologist at all, just the nurse practitioner. Not to minimize nurse practitioners, but I am not convinced she knows what to do with this condition. She keeps changing the information about it; it's serious, it's not. It can affect this, it can affect that, no it can't. I just don't think she knows. The office won't let me see the doctor. Just weird. So I'm going to an orthopedist. Let him check out the situation.
And I am going to go to a pain management center for my fibromyalgia. I have also been seeing that nurse practitioner for the fibro, but, well, same story. She's also been monitoring my migraines. The pain center should be able to handle that as well.
The balance issues have been status quo, I suppose. Don't move my head fast. Don't let myself get too hungry. Don't bend too quickly. Stuff like that. It is a part of me.
