Cervical Spondylosis

Sounds like all my symptoms which were lurking in the background for several years but came to a head when I fell off a ladder at work. A sudden loss of strength in my left arm with pins and needles in shoulder arm hand and fingers with spasming. It then spread across the base of my neck and into my right shoulder arm hand and fingers over the next few months.My legs were affected about two years later and I now have great difficulty walking more than a few paces before pain and tremors kick in. I am on pain control and will one day have to decide on having an operation but will delay for now. The neurosurgeon is monitoring the spinal cord pinching at c4,5,6 and 7 with mri at 12 month intervals.

Good luck, Mike.

Look, the only thing I would say from my own experience is this:

Trust your own instincts above all else- I had sudden,immediate, complete and final loss of strength in my left arm and shoulder. Not over time,not sneaking up on me but sudden, after a shortish fall from a ladder. I accepted the soft tissue damage to my right foot which took all the weight of the fall, and the muscle and tendon damage in my left shoulder and arm, but the loss of strength in my left arm and shoulder was something I experienced and knew was wrong. I searched the internet for many hours before finding symptoms exactly the same and 13 months later the "proffesssionals"came to the same conclusions.

 It took 18 months to diagnose thorassic outcome syndrome. 

Before diagnosise they looked into crones, brain tumour and all sorts. 

It turns out I was cured with physio and exercise! 

 It's not unusual to have nodules on the neck ( often caused by whiplash or injury) that get in the way of blood circulation when stressed, causes all sorts of symptoms including loss of muscle on one side of face, twitches etc. You think there is something seriously wrong. Again, cured by exercises. 

I wouldn't worry. Blood test should show anything else x 

Feeling fed up with my CS. I was diagnosed by MRI last November after several months of problems. My condition also affects my hands and feet. I am on medication and visit a physio for advice and exercises. Over recent weeks I have had three severe headache episodes and am struggling with work. Like you, I find te afternoons the worst and the fatigue is awlful. I am also worried about a new diagnosis made by my physio of severe muscle weakness in my left arm. This is new, although I have had some numbness in my upper arm in recent times. Its such a draining condition ... and it is now causing issues for me at work (I am a housekeeper on a private estate). I am off to the gp today ... thinking he might sign me off.

I wish you the best of luck as you discover your health journey further.