Phil,

Have you ever thought of going to see a chiropractor?


88's,

Reeva Parry


At 07:00 PM 4/18/2008, Phil Scovell said:

>Jenifer,
>
>I haven't been posting much due to my hands.  Since about mid December,
>especially in my left hand at that time, I began experiencing tingling and
>numbness in my finger tips.  It is now in my right hand as well but about 75
>percent less intensity.  Unfortunately, I just cannot type as long and as
>much as I used to and some days are worse than others.  Yesterday, for
>example, my right wrist and finger joints ached and my thumb joint looked as
>if it had swollen to twice its normal size.  When my joints in my hands and
>wrists start hurting, some days they burn, some days they just ache, and
>some days they itch like crazy.  I began noticing, as I would proof read an
>email reply to someone, that letters at the beginning of words and often at
>the end of words were missing and I'd have to make corrections.  I finally
>realized I wasn't always feeling the key depress because some of my fingers
>were so tingly.  Sandy thinks it could very well be diabetic neuropathy pain
>but last summer, I noticed one day, that if I tilted my head and neck a
>certain angle to the left and back, my left index finger would suddenly
>start tingling and if I did it long enough, I could make my finger go numb.
>I had my annual physical in early March, told the doctor all this stuff, he
>tested for finger and toe sensitivity with a tuning fork and I could feel
>all of that but the strength of my hands diminishes the longer I type to the
>point, I just can't stand the feeling so I quit.  I'm thinking about going
>back to the doctor and getting him to put me through an MRI to find out if
>anything is going on in my back.  My lower back has been giving me a great
>deal of trouble, off and on, for the last two years.  So, I haven't been
>writing articles as much or emails either as a result.  I am going to begin
>putting more audio recordings on my website instead of written articles.  I
>finished my first teaching but I have to update my computer a little to be
>able to use the software to produce the MP3 recordings in order to edit and
>upload the files.  I'm hoping to do that when our free, newly printed,
>federal reserve money, comes in May.  Of course, we have to pay income tax
>on this free money they federal reserve has printed up just for us across
>the country, which somehow seems unfair, and it is likely it won't help much
>but it is better than a kick in the head.  So, since my hands aren't too bad
>right now, I gave you the longer answer.
>
>Phil.