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Originally Posted by Leed
Hi Rio ~ It ALMOST sounds like carpal tunnel to me. Does your thumb hurt alot ~ especially at the base of it?? This can go all the way up your arm to the elbow up to the shoulder. It's very painful !
I believe you - I was told many times there was nothing wrong with my back, until I finally got a doctor to run an MRI on me - THEN they found out I was right! 3 surgeries later, and i'm disabled. 
Doctors don't always know what they're talking about. I know you've been to several. Sometimes you have to go to just one more before you find one that will believe you. It's maddening.
Best of luck - you might try a neurologist - if it's the ulnar nerve, it would be under neurology. God bless. Hugs, Lee |
Thanks, Leed.
I don't think anyone has mentioned nerve problems, actually; might have been considered and ruled out quickly, I don't know. Don't remember having pain in my thumb, it's mostly at the base of my fingers in my left hand and in my right wrist. That sucks it took you so long to get help.
The ironic thing is that everyone apart from orthopaedics did seem to think there was something wrong, they just didn't know quite what...
