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BPI arm fell asleep

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:38 pm
by veggiebug
The other morning I woke up and I couldn't move my BPI hand or wrist. I couldn't tell what was wrong, it was actually kind of scary. But then after trying for a little while I felt a tingle half way up my arm like my arm was asleep, and gradually it came back.
That was very odd. I guess it never fell asleep before.
Just when you've thought you knew everything about yourself.

-Traci

Re: BPI arm fell asleep

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:04 pm
by patpxc
The last time that happened to me I found out I had spinal cord compression. If it happens again, please get it checked out. Pat Q

Re: BPI arm fell asleep

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:15 am
by rachelcasa
My arm tends to fall asleep quite often. However, its only when I'm sleeping on it at night or for instance last night I was leaning against it on the chair and it did it for qutie sometime. What kind of testing do they have to give you for spinal cord depression?

Re: BPI arm fell asleep

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:07 pm
by patpxc
One of the things they did was to push on the top of my head. My arm and leg fell asleep immediately. Then they did an MRI. That showed the compression in my cervical spine ( neck) I had surgery at Christmas time. I went back to work 3 weeks ago. Pat