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Friday, July 29, 2011

THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I POSTED ON THE NET AND WILL POST THE RESULTS HERE, WHEN RECEIVED.

Your Question

After an ACD & F spinal diskectomy I have progressively added so many symptoms of numbness,weakness and pain.?

I had the surgery on my neck C5-C6, in '06 and pain started in my right bi-cep with aching pain that burned too.The pain kept me from using that arm,so I went in and had a series of three nerve blocks, they called them ESI's.The first two were given in my Cervical, but the last one I had was in the Thoracic and that one something was hit, in my back and I jumped on the table like I was electrocuted.Ever since that day,I have been numb in my hands and feet.I am progressing though and it is moving to every part of my body.
I am mostly confined to laying back for that relieves the pressure that I feel, but can walk for short periods, but have to make myself do it. I am only 45,always have been active my whole life and it is hard to be stuck in bed, where most people think it is wonderful, Yeah, for short periods, but not made to just stay there because your legs hurt(under the knees mostly)to where my feet are sore, numb and painful.I hurt in my back(have been dx with disc problems at T8-T11,but one NL told me that it was out of his area of expertise and didn't really know what that was.He just put disk herniation with hypertrophy at T10-T11.I just know that I can't twist around to reach or I will yelp with a catch and it feels so tight there.I did feel a pulsating area in my back at one time.IT felt like how a boo-boo throbs after you have sliced your finger open with a tremor in it. STRANGE.
My neck always hurts like a vice-grip has it telling me how I can turn.I do have good movement with range, but shoulders are sore and have been told that my right is bone on bone.I don't know if that is true,but it grinds and pops out of place a lot. I have to admit that I know this is a lot, but IT is ALL real.I must say that I have always felt it was from my surgery because I was told I had a screw on top of a nerve, but NS says that everything looks fine to him, but I don't feel fine.
I have even been having episodes of heart racing, hard to breath issues and wonder if the place where I was hit maybe has grown into the sternum area because where the pulsating place was that hurts all the way through and I can't even touch my sternum sometimes. My mom thinks it is my hernia. IT could be, but it feels like a band that tightens up around my waist.It is over 35 inches. I think it is 36 or 37 and I wonder if that could be a prominant symptom.
Here are all of the symptoms that I have been experiencing that start with the worse symptoms first: Numbness that seems to have enveloped my entire left side now and it stays that way(my face feels like Novacane has been shot in my cheeks and jawbone),pain underneath my knees is always tender and achy,weakness that makes me feel like my arm/hand is heavy,burning feeling of skin that can be in sheets or patches, achiness-anywhere, pin/needles in hands/feet, tremors/spasms-anywhere,have pains on my temple area that hit hard sometimes and have seen lights,at one time,eyes do go completely blurry really fast that even my glasses won't help, fatigue hits because I don't sleep but 4-5 hrs.a night,abdomen feeling swollen,whole left side paralysis of my arms/legs for a period of time and my body has these little tiny pimple-like places that I think are definitely connected,they are so little in places, but a little round ball with come out if pressed, some come out like a string.I have had places come up that are like dry patches that just peel like a sunburn would, but it isn't a sunburn.My eyes also feel dry and my sinus are really bad,they always have some kind of film or white like film that you can't blow out(gross),but it is clear with no apparent color, but clear or white.
I am at my wits end with this stuff and just want some kind of clue to what others think this could be. I have had surgery on my left jaw in the ear area to get a bone spur removed and that is what was removed from my neck*(ruptured petrusion) and I did have Endometriosis that I heard was an unbias disease. All I do know is that my brain hurts,my neck hurts, my back hurts and legs. I can't use my arms and legs to reach, pull,push or HOLD for that matter, I have to really concentrate to keep it in my hand and my left arm/hand has a shake to it whether or not I use it sometimes, but not always. I have left you with more than enough info and sorry it has so much to go through, but wanted to be as thorough as I could. I will be happy with any info that you can give me on what you can come up with that is. I know I am a complicated case and a MYSTERY DX I must add.Thank you so very much for your help and consideration for my misery.:)))<3 Karen,stuck in Arkansas with not much help around .
PS.Could it be from the surgery?Could it be from where I was hit in the back with a nerve block? or some kind of Autoimmune disorder because of tick bite I got 3yrs. ago? Thanks again.:)))
 
THIS SHOWS HOW MY BACK LOOKS CURVED  IN THE MID-THORACIC AND COMPRESSED AT THE "DOWENGER'S HUMP" AREA. IT IS SO PAINFUL IN THOSE AREAS THAT I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH IT SOMETIMES.
 
 
IT REALLY LOOKS THICK AT THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND YOU CAN SEE THE VENOUS ANOMALLY (NS CALLED IT AN "AVM"). IT JUST HURTS SO MUCH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND WHERE MY SURGERY IS LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF MY NECK. I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH MY NECK SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY THERE.
HECK, I HURT ALL OVER, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM...THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
NOW, I HAVE BECOME MORE RIGID WHEN I WAKE UP...STIFF. I CAN'T EVEN TURN OR TWIST MY BACK AT ALL OR I WILL YELP OUT IN PAIN FROM JUST TURNING A LITTLE BIT. THE DOCS DO SEE SOMETHING IN MY THORACIC AND ONE OF THEM SAID THAT "IT WAS OUT OF HIS AREA OF EXPERTISE" AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. WELL, I BELIEVE I AM GOING TO GET SOMEWHERE WITH THIS NEW DOC,THIS TIME.."LORD WILING".:)))
 
I JUST THOUGHT, I WOULD GIVE AN UPDATE @ HOW THINGS ARE GOING. I AM SEEING A NEW NEUROLOGIST NOW AND PRAY THAT HE IS AS GOOD AS HE HAS BEEN TOLD HE WAS. I FEEL THAT HE IS A GOOD DOC BECAUSE HE IS SO THOROUGH AND I LIKE THAT. I JUST PRAY THAT HE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK HAS ME BEING IN SO MUCH PAIN.
THE NUMBNESS HOWEVER IS TAKING OVER AND IT SCARES ME A LITTLE. THERE HAS BEEN TIMES TO WHERE I CAN'T EVEN MOVE MY LEFT SIDE...IT JUST LAYS THERE AND FEELS LIKE A 40LB. WEIGHT IS LAYING ON IT.
I AM JIST WORRIED THAT IT COULD LEAD TO AN EVEN WORSE CONDITION, IF THIS IS LEFT UNCARED FOR. I DON'T WANT TO BECOME TO WHERE I CAN'T WALK AROUND, BUT I AM DEFINITELY FIGHTING THAT ONE...HECK, ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS ARE ROUGH, BUT I AM STILL GOING AND I THANK THE LORD FOR THAT. HE COMFORTS ME SO MUCH AND I KNOW HE IS THERE FOR ME...ALWAYS.:))<3 Karen
 
 

Sunday, July 10, 2011

CONTEST 2 GUESS WHO??

http://skeet65.blogspot.com/
003                                                                                                          JOHNNY MATHIS

ABOVE: IT IS THE FIRST SHOT THAT I DREW OF JOHNNY MATHIS AND DREW IT FROM THE PHOTO IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
AFTER DRAWING IT AND TAKING A SHOT OF IT WITH MY CAMERA, HIS FORHEAD WAS NOT QUIET RIGHT, SO I PUT SOME MORE TIME INTO HIM AND COME OUT WITH THE PICTURE TO THE FAR RIGHT. I HAVE FOUND A NEW LOVE...OF DRAWING...OF ART.
U CAN NOTICE THE COLOR DIFFERENCE..THAT IS MY CAMERA'S FAULT. 
I THINK, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GET ME A NEW ONE. I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL AND KNOW THAT MY CAMERA MUST'VE GOTTEN SOMETHING IN IT...SOMEHOW...SOMEWAY:((


                                                                                                             
                                                                                                         

JULIA ROBERTS  
 I HAD FUN DRAWING MISS JULIA ROBERTS . SHE WAS DONE FAST...IN @ AN HOUR OR TWO. I WAS WATCHING A SHOW CALLED "MY BEST FRIENDS WEDDING" AND SHE WAS PAUSED IN THIS POSE, SO I JUST STARTED TO DRAW.
I REALLY ENJOYED WHEN I POSTED THIS AND WE HAD THE FIRST CONTEST TO SEE IF ANYONE KNEW WHO SHE WAS... AND FINALLY NIKKI REYNOLDS SHERMAN..GOT IT(but did have some interesting answers from others)..hehe and THEN I TOLD HER, "DING, DING DING..U HAVE JUST WON A NEW CAR"..NOT...hehe..THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN:)))                                                                                                          





                  


TEHEHE...THIS CONTEST TO FIND OUT WHO IT IS?..IS FUN, SO I AM GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP MY GAME AND DO A LOT OF DRAWING..."LORD WILLING",MY HAND/ARM HOLDS OUT.Smile



THESE ARE PICTURES THAT I HAVE DONE OF OUR FAMILY. I HAVE TO DO SOME KIND OF ART. IF I CAN'T GET OUT TO SING,THEN I WILL HAVE TO DRAW...IF U GUYS THINK THAT I SHOULD. IT IS FUN AND IT KEEPS ME BUSY DOING SOMETHING BESIDES SETTING AROUND WATCHING TV ALL DAY. IF I CAN, I GET UP THOUGH AND DO OTHER THINGS LIKE WALK AND GET SOME SUNSHINE:))

 GARY ELMORE                                                                             
THIS PICTURE THAT I DREW OF GARY WAS BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, RIGHT AFTER I BECAME BEDRIDDEN.
I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM IN MY LIFE. HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF ME BY COOKING,CLEANING AND ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE...HE DOES IT.:))
 SO, I MUST SAY THAT I GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE WHILE HAVING TO DO ALL THAT BED RESTING STUFF...IN WHICH, IT CAN DRIVE A PERSON A LITTLE CRAZY LIKE CABIN FEVER, BUT MUCH WORSE..hehe, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE STUCK THAT SPOT AND HAVE TO LIVE THERE, BUT I HAVE HIGH HOPES TO BE OUT OF IT SOON.."LORD WILLING".:))
   KAREN RENE' ELMORE
THIS WAS WHEN BRYAN ASKED ME WHY I DIDN'T HAVE ONE OF MYSELF AND I TOLD HIM THAT I FELT STRANGE @ DRAWING A PICTURE OF MYSELF, BUT I FEEL THAT THE BOYS WOULD HAVE THIS ONE DAY. THAT IS AFTER I AM GONE...AND HOPEFULLY THAT IS A LONG LONG TIME, AWAY FROM NOW:))
THIS IS FROM A PICTURE FROM NASHVILLE AND I THINK, I NEED TO WORK ON IT SOME MORE, BUT DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME ON ME..hehe:))))



                                               
                           SHANE MICHAEL MAY                                                             
                        
THIS IS MY OLDEST SON. HE IS 19YRS.OLD NOW AND IS VERY TALENTED. HE CAN SING AND IS SECOND CHAIR  IN "TRUMPET". HE CAN BEAT U IN @ ANY GAME, BUT MEGAMAN IS HIS FAVORITE AND  GUITAR HERO IS ONE THAT HE PLAYS ON EXPERT..YAYAYA..I KNOW, I AM BRAGGING...WE DON'T SUPPOSE TO DO THAT..hehe:)))     <3 love u..mom <3

   

THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, IS THE VERY FIRST PICTURE THAT I EVER DREW.
MY MIND AND MY HEART WAS DWELLING ON SHANE AND ME BEING AWAY FROM HIM.
SO, I PUT MY HEART INTO IT A LITTLE MORE, BUT THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT TO ME SHOWS A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO HOW I AM CHANGING HOW I DRAW. I EXPERIMENT A LOT AND IT HAS HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY.:)) 



 

                                                 BRYAN NICHOLAS ELMORE
THIS IS MY YOUNGEST AND HIS IS 13. HE IS A VERY TALENTED YOUNG MAN,LIKE HIS BROTHER. HE IS ONE OF THE SONG LEADERS, AT OUR CHURCH (Church of Christ).
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS A PROJECT THAT I AM WORKING ON AND IS ALMOST FINISHED. THIS PICTURE IS ONLY PART ONE OF THE WORK(It has 2 more parts to it...hmmm, IT will be interesting when I finish).
I AM TRYING TO DO SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT. SO, I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE,SO U GUYS WILL HAVE TO COME OUT TO THE TRI-COUNTY FAIR THIS YEAR AND SEE IF IT TURNED OUT OKAY..hehe:)))


THE PICTURE TO YOUR LEFT, IS THE SECOND PICTURE, THAT I HAD EVER DONE. THAT'S MY BRYAN..WHEN HE WAS ONLY 9..."MY LITTLE LIGHT".
HE HAS BEEN A LIGHT TO ME, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT HIM. HE ALWAYS CHEERED ME UP AND HE WAS A MESS TOO AT  TIMES..hehe:)))...but BOTH OF MY BOYS ARE LIKE MY LIGHTS HERE ON EARTH AND THEY KEEP ME FIGHTING TO  GET MYSELF BACK, HEALTHY AGAIN, LIKE I USED TO BE..IT IS POSSIBLE:)))...I DO HAVE FAITH THAT THE LORD WILL GET ME THERE:))) 



                                          
I HAD A BLAST WITH THE LAST CONTEST TO GUESS WHO?...AND BECAUSE WE HAD JUST SO MANY GUESSES AND IT IS FUN:)))
SO, NOW I MUST GET BACK TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON, ON FB(someone is wanting to tag me in a photo, but they messaged me soooo many times..what the heck??)...
I HAVE BEEN HOGGING THE COMPUTER TODAY..OTHERS ARE WANTING IT:)))

I HAVE MY JOHNNY MATHIS UP NOW AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE OTHER GUESSES...hehe. THEY ARE GUESSING AND I HAVE THE ANSWER ON MY SITE...hmmm, I WONDER IF THEY WILL TAKE A PEEK OR EVEN KNOW THAT I EVEN HAVE THEM ON HERE..hehe.
YOU ALL TAKE CARE NOW AND GOD BLESS ALWAYS...:)))<3 Karen