Coat Hanger Pain

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Marg,

The so called " coat hanger " pain, in the shoulders and

into the neck andn back of the head, is most often

caused by low blood pressure. You can test this by

lying down -- if it goes away within a few minutes,

the cause is low blood pressure. If it does not go

away, it could be neuropathic or muscular, and you

might want to try a mild pain reliever.

Carol & Rob

Lexington, MA

--- marg manson biatecki@...> wrote:

>

> Aletta

> Hi from Revelstoke, happy to know you`re still

> feeling somewhat better.I thought I`d help out with

> the plain language list but I can`t figure out how

> to add to your list! I really am computer

> illiterate, anyway i really don`t know of a word to

> describe the feeling of muscle stiffness after

> holding a position for a while although experience

> it every day.Rigidity does`nt really cover it, I`ve

> read of stiff man syndrome but don`t really know

> what that`s supposed to mean(but the men are welcome

> to it) I will look up the pyramidal tract info in

> my text books ........refers to hypereflexia,

> reflexes such as Babinski as far as I

> remember.....you`re doing a great job! Do you know

> what it is that causes the so called coat hanger

> pain? Again I experience it but don`t know why .Is

> it due to increased muscle tone,or to hyper

> ventilation and altered blood chemistry, or some

> kind of neuropathy? Maybe someone in the group might

> know.I really feel the need to understand where all

> my symptoms come from and why. I know you don`t feel

> the need to " sweat the small stuff " but I have to

> nit pick and try to understand every little detail.

> Hope this makes sense ....I`m dizzyer than usual

> these last few days

>

> Love

>

> Marg Manson

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>

> a full three years. I still cook without adding

> salt, avoid pop (soda) like the plague, likewise

> anything with a high salt content (most prepared

> foods, including ensure). I'm a bit of a purist

> (don't confuse that in any way with vegetarianism),

> and like to cook with unprocessed ingredients. I

> don't like supplements (many contain sodium). After

> I was started on Duvoid (for bladder strength), the

> pharmacist told me to drink lots of water and add

> salt in my diet - checked with my doctor, who told

> me to drink the water but leave the salt, salt just

> makes your thirsty and drink more water. I've no

> problem drinking enough water.

>

> I do get sent often for tests for diabetes (almost

> as though they're expecting it). My mother is

> diabetic and occasionally I'll check my level when I

> am visiting her, it has always ben low. Since I

> prefer to not tease out other ailments I don not use

> refined sugars. The sweetest thing I have during a

> day would be milk, or a piece of very dark

> chocolate. I do have the advantage of having only a

> few working tastebuds (3 I think), and the pain in

> my mouth and face making eating a chore not a

> pleasure. You're right about the Carnation Instant

> Breakfast (sugarless) everybit as nutritionally

> sound as ensure and less sodium as well.

>

> Saw the Gynecologist today, turns out I had a large

> polyp, which she removed right away. She told me to

> expect a lot of bleeding - she was not kidding. The

> rest seemed well enough, so I remain with

> constipation and immotility as the cause for my

> abdominal pain. Better safe than sorry. Walked

> about ten blocks again today. Not so tipsy, but

> still have problems getting my feet to go where I

> want them (unintended hesitancy - is there a

> technical word). Also, what is the medical term for

> stiffness all over after remaining in one position

> for longer than 5 minutes?

>

>

> aletta mes

> vancouver, bc Canada

> web: http://aletta.0catch.com

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