chronic pain from head to toe just on left side of body
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I am 26 yrs old i first went to my doctors 18months ago with pain in my neck, at first they thought it was a traped
nerve. when i later went back and told them i had not gone away but infact was getting worse. i now have pain all the way down my left side of my body. i have pins n needles in my hand sometimes goes numb my bones hurt its as if they are being pulled and twisted i am alot weaker now in my left side also that side of my face hurts aswel my musles at the back of my shoulder and my neck often spazrm.i was sent for an xray which nothing showed up they then sent me for a neck mri scan when the scan finnished the people that did the scan on me asked me what was going on i told them and they said to me they thought i should be having a brain scan by the sound of it not a neck scan.
i am so confused my doctors say they dont know what is wrong so now just say oh you have chronic pain we think. but i dont understand why when i had my MRI why they said they thought i should be having a brain scan can anybody help me with this or give me any advise? i am so stressed out with all this i know something is not right i know my know body but its as if know body wants to find out know that they have put down that it maybe chronic paini would be so greatful if someone could explain
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autumnwolfblood lauraspot
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Greetings
update on my symptoms since my comment/questions regarding these symptoms. I have taken my life back & am 90% healed. I got to a point in my life I had to take things into my own hands for I reached a cross road point in my wellness/health physically, mentally & emotionally and it was either die or live and I choose to live. I fired all my western Drs & got a Natural Path Dr with his help & myself education on holistic nutrition & meds, I got off all my pharmaceutical meds & narcotics, I am now only currently on 1 pharmaceutical med for my thyroid which we r working on me getting of it. I now take natural herbal supplements, eat & drink clean, I went from 300lbs to 190lbs in only a yr, I am active healthy & have loads of energy. All my chronic pain is almost completely gone or very manageable, my tumor has been shrinking, my eye sight has improved, things just keep getting better. Life is now great & I look forward to each day. I want to also thank Jon for the advice of taking a Vit B complex it did also help. I hope y'all here can to find what works for u to regain your health & life back. Blessed Be
hilda54591 autumnwolfblood
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hello. please write more details on how you made it ! congratulations!
autumnwolfblood hilda54591
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Greetings Hilda54591
This was not simple but it was worth it & it got simple to continue as time went by, plus I was ready for the changes. Like I said I had come to a crossroad in my life with my health, I was litterly on what felt like my death bed, in & out of the ER, western Dr had me on over 30+ pharmaceutical meds high dose of narcotics with no answers why I had all these chronic condistions & they where just getting worse not better, I had a list amile long it felt all involving physical, mental & emotional issues but it was my physical issues impacking my mental & emotional issues. At one of my ER visit the ER Dr was kind & told me he believed all my problems stem from all the pharmaceutical meds my Dr at the time had me on & that he referred to my list of pharmaceutical meds a death cocktail, I gave what he told me a long thought while still just going down hill so I made the hard decision to change Drs. Fired all my western Drs & hired a Natural Path Dr, with his help I got off all my pharmaceutical meds & narcotics, at a sleep study we found that I was not getting good sleep because my oxygen levels went dangerously low, they actually where surprised I had not died in my sleep yet, I was put on one of those sleep apnea machines temporarility until we could get me off those damn pharmaceutical meds & narcotics & turn my health around, this all took place between 2013 to 2016 turning my life around that is, once over that we looked at my food habits & this was the hardest part for I was very nieve when it came to food intake like alot of ppl r but my daughter has alot of food allergies so that got me thinking that since she is my daughter maybe I to have food issues, so on to my next journey of self descovery, which entailed lot of research, self education, watching tons of documentaries, reading articles & looking up recipes, finding what works for me, reprogram my mindset because everything we r basically touch growing up is way way wrong at less for me it was. I've learned tho that what works for one person does not always work for another, so u have to learn to read & listen to ur own body what it is telling u, not what others r telling u. In 2017 after much research I went completely vegan, no more process foods, junk foods, GMOs, no soy products, no gluten products & no more animal meat or animal by-products, no sugars, no table top salts, no fast food & very limited on resturant choices, no tap water & no store bought water or any store made drinks & I did opt to get the gastric sleeve bypass surgery which yes has added me in some of my results but u can't get this surgery without making major life changes & get results for the surgery won't do it alone, it is just a tool. What I do now consume is as clean & natural as I can get it, I only drink water that I have to travel to get that comes from a natural underground spring in the mountains not far from where I live, only salt I use is pink Himalayan salt & if I need alittle sweetness organic stevia, I now consume raw veggies, berries, seeds & nuts with a variety of them all plus cooked things like beans & grains that r good for me, I don't eat much fruits because alot of fruits r high in sugars, note berries & fruits r different in many ways. I also take lots of supplements twice a day, I get then as clean, vegan made, GMO free, soy Free, wheat free, gulten free ect as I can. I make a turmeric root, ginger root, hibiscus flower, cinnamon, black peppercorn, chili pepper & lemon cold tea I drink daily, I make a big pot of this which makes 12 to 15 89 oz containers, that I & my daughter drinks. Both my kids have watched me go from being healthy & happy to listening to a western Dr for to long which she was killing me, in her care I lost my life & after 10+ yrs of being asleep thinking she actually cared for my wellness, ending up on my death bed, in loads of physical chronic pain, type 2 diabetes, a tumor, autoimmune disorders, Hashimoto, diverticuli, kidney failure in 2000 both kidneys, god other stuff I can't remember at the moment but after waking up from all that, to making great chances to now at 90% recovered, about all I am dealing with now is my hashimoto & some slight chronic pain, I am now able to work, be active, do a workout program of cardio, weights & stretches. I also practic Law Of Attraction, listen to YouTube videos of healing sounds & raising my universal frequencies, sinking my subconscious, conscious & unconscious to the same frequency & highten levels of awareness. All of these changes have totally changed my life for the better & is worth every sacrifice I made for life is totally wonderful & I am 100+% grateful for all I went through because of where I am now. Now I am living not just surviving, I've learnt through all this that what is worse than death is dieing from within while still alive. Blessed Be
hilda54591 autumnwolfblood
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wow what a story!!
it is so inspirational.
I will read it often. im going to start drastic changes as well. your story is very similar. except that I live in Germany since three years ago. they did evaluate my oxigen levels already.
I just need to figure out how to find a naturopath doctor here.
Thank you so much for writing back right away.
janellew76 lauraspot
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hello all,
42 yr old female here with all the same symptoms , pain from head to toe on my left side, ive had every test ran , mri, cat scan , nerve studies, every blood test ran, still with no definitive results other than i possibly have an autoimmune disease, possibly ms, possibly fibro, maybe lupus, maybe even MD. besides the pain i also have permanant nerve damage and muscle atrophy in my left leg, with no reasons as to why it has happened. i currently am having face/mouth pain, again only on the left side of my face, it feels like i am being punched then stabbed in the face repeadtly. it sucks not knowing what this is or what can be done to treat it , i have been on every medication out there , herbal remedies, physical therapy, massage therapy all with no relief. i dont know why this is so hard to diagnose when clearly it must be SOMETHING, considerating im not the only one with the symptoms , it would be great to have some sort of relief from it all. what has everyone done or tried for relief?
dudydoo janellew76
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Hi. I also have pain from head to toe only on my left side and had all the tests and meds, etc. with no definite answer. I have Scoliosis and Kyphosis and when I do stretches to exercise my curve I get quite a bit off relieve albeit only really temporary. Could this be something that you may have without knowing?
ioana47821 lauraspot
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Hello.
I also have pain and numbness from head to toe only on my left side from almost 3 years and I had all the tests and meds with no improvement.
I recently made a test for Lyme disease (Western Blot RN-AT Borrelia IgG) and a doctor told me I have chronic Lyme disease and I need to begin the first round of antibiotics.
But other doctor told me I don't have Lyme.
I honestly don't know what to think or where can I found an answer for this.
hilda54591 ioana47821
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Laura. definitely a third opinion. I don't know much about lyme disease but at least two doctors will agree on the results
kris53590 ioana47821
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I am posting my reply again as the first was deleted by moderator. It might got deleted because it contained a link to the pilates video.
I also had pain in my whole left side, on and off for some years . The worst spot was under my left shoulder blade from where it went down my leg and up my neck. At night my left arm could get numb. What helped me getting over it was doing pilates exercises for neck and shoulder pain every day. I could feel a difference after a few days and after aprox a month the pain was gone. My posture also got better. I am still doing the exercises every day now after two months. I think the pain was caused by the tight muscles and bad posture I got when I had severe stress and anxiety some years ago.
The video is called "HOW TO GET RID OF NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN" from PILATES FOR THE PEOPLE
reallyhopeso lauraspot
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Hello
Like everyone else I am also a bit relieved to know that I am not the only one with these symptoms. My symptoms started with left arm pain about a few years ago, but now the pain is on the whole left side of my body and yes it is very frustrating to live with this and to carry out day to day activities.
I have been to doctors and I have had bloods done each time but to no avail. The frustrating symptom i have with this is losing balance or feeling like falling, almost feel like having a stroke, but if i am sitting down I don't feel this way. Along with the pain, numbness also comes and goes but the pain is always there. Sleeping on my left side is an issue too. I have so far done numerous internet searches regarding this condition (wide spread symptoms but unknown cure). I have also come across information regarding motor neurone disease, mutliple sclerios etc etc.
I have read all the messages on the forum so if anyone finds a diagnoses/cure for this condition, please share it, it can hopefully shed some light on this unknown condition or help us to manage it better.
Thanks everyone for posting your messages, it has give me invaluable insight on how I feel and what I can hope for in the future.
L_Walk lauraspot
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Lets get a group together so we can exchange information. If you have: pain/muscle spasms/muscle tightness on one side of body, muscle twitching, and no identified cause or symptom, e-mail me a
Moderator comment: I have removed the email address as we do not publish these in the forums. If users wish to exchange contact details please use the Private Message service.
a83826 L_Walk
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Hi L_Walk : please add me to the meeting, I'd love to get on a call with others experiencing this issue ! I will send you a private message as well
Penny4YourThots a83826
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Was a group ever started for this topic? If so, can you provide the link or method to access it? Thanks.
johnincavecreek lauraspot
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lauraspot, Have you ever had any neck injuries?
I have your symptoms, but I had a traumatic neck injury from a fall 10 years ago. For a number of years I struggled with other symptoms like muscle weakness, muscle spasticity, twitching etc. on the left side. About 18 months ago it turned to pain. Started with sharp pain in my left foot/toe and now it is in my left arm, flank, thigh, calf and foot. The general consensus with me is that my injury caused cervical instability from sever ligament damage, and that I have chronic muscle spasm that is compressing the spinal cord. I get relief from lying down. Drugs not very successful. I take some clonazepam. Trying amitriptyline now
maya09 lauraspot
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Hi there, I am back here after a couple of years of feeling the same pain people here I see are going thorugh. Im looking to see if i should do a Brain MRI I'm so scared its a tumor, but the pain that i been feeling for over more than 6 years is in my whole left side. From toe to brain. I got a neck scan before and nothing. So i want to know does any of you get sharp pain in the left or right side of the brain with neck and face pain? im scared because the brain pain will never go away together with my whole left side pain of my body. did you get a brain MRI yet? I was looking on going a specialist instead of regular doctor.