A Two-Fer

 February 1, 2022

Cervical spine MRI ✔️ PCP called the next day with results: negative for herniation, impingement, stenosis, etc. I still had not heard anything for the EMG/NCS. I was also certain this was muscle/ligament/tendon related, so I began searching for a hand & wrist specialist. Having found one in town, I made an appointment – March 2, 2022. I also sent an email to my PCP to see if there was anything else we could do to move toward diagnosis & treatment. (Side note: I hate CRPS. The fact that we had to consider this was a possible spread pissed me off!). This entire process was emotionally & mentally taxing. I hadn’t suffered a trauma. We (Brittani, Shawn and I) spent several nights trying to figure out what could possibly have happened. The only thing that came to mind was that I had woken in the middle of the night with my wrist bent funny & hurting-I must have slept on it wrong. But to have damaged something??? Hmmm. Nevertheless, my PCP ended up scheduling a wrist MRI for late February.

February 24, 2022

Wrist MRI done. As I laid (lay?) there during the MRI, my mind went to: “If this is a CRPS spread, we are going to have to change a few things” “How am I going to watch Elara safely going forward?” “I’ll bet nothing shows up” “This is stupid” “Now I’m just going to have another bill to pay for nothing” “Oh yay, more random pain that won’t get treated” “What the hell did I do to my wrist?” “What if I need surgery?” And, as always, I counted the songs to figure out how much time was left. 

My PCP called the next day with results: Scaphoid fracture. What??? There’s a fracture??? They referred me to the hand & wrist specialist I already had an appointment with in a few days (yay me!). A fracture. I have been dealing with fracture pain for 6 weeks. God I love the “opioid crisis” in this country 🤦🏼‍♀️

Let’s turn the page here…