PSA. My neuropathy affects both motor and sensory nerves in the extremities. While some motor pathways simply do not work, and some areas have diminished sensation, there is nowhere in my body that is immune to sensory perception altogether. So even if I cannot move something it can still hurt, making pinched nerves o so wonderful...
I bring this up to vent about a bad experience when I saw my neurologist...I am there with my arm heavily bandaged from surgery a week ago, and she knows I did this for pain relief. She knows I had it done on my left arm a couple months ago. She finds it appropriate to re-chastise me about not being able to move all of my fingers, as in, asks me to show her whether I can move the fingers that are controlled by the ulnar and median nerves to prove her stance on surgery.As in don't do it because you won't reap the full benefit, even though the last six times were game changers. That attitude, along with feeling like a second tier, untouchable patient, make me want to vomit all over her.
That's lovely lady, go do research on monkeys, not people.
--This PSA sponsored by the letters C, M, T, F, U
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