Unexplainable Pain Related to Auto Accident Posted: 11-01-05 19:25pm
I'm a 22 year old, 6'1, around 200lbs,
african american male, who was in great
health, never broken a bone or had to be
hospitalized for anything mental or
physical. Back in january of this year,
I was in a head on collision that flipped
my van over landing on the driver side.
Since then i've had mri's done on why
whole spine, brain, and my left knee and
shoulder. I've had x-ray's done on my
left arm and shoulder, chest, ribs, left
leg and upper and lower back. I've had
emg's done on my left extremties and a cat
scan done on my chest.
With all that work done the only finding
are a cyst found in left side of my brain
which has unofficially ( meaning not put
in doctor's report) been taken into
consideration for headaches i've been
having on the left side of my head. And
the emg determined that i've torn nerve
roots at my 5th and 6th cervical which
would explain numbness that I have on my
left side after I make certain movements.
It was also determined that I either
stretched or damaged my brachial plexus,
don't remember how...I think from the
emg.
Problem is I still have bad aheadaches.
I still have pains in my chest(sternum)
when I laugh and sneeze. My ribs on my
left just about where my elbow is and my
chest to the left(my left) under my
sternum gives me shots of anywhere from
numb to piercing pain at times when i'm
breathing or move in a certain way.
Along my shoulders, between my actual
shoulder and neck I get pain when I lean
on my arm. At the base of my neck when
I twist or turn my head it feels like
something is moving and I can hear a click
like something move our and back into
place. My shoulder also makes a loud
clicking noise when lift or turn my arm.
I have back pain along the middle of my
back on the left of my spine and at the
pelvis to the left. My knee still gives
out on me at times and still give me pain.
Because there has been so much work done
has only shown everything to be normal, I
know from reading files and from how I
feel when in the office that the doctors
pretty much have written me off as a
hypochondriac, or dishonest and making
things up.
My question is considering I still have
these list of ailments and these test
haven't supported any of my claims is
there any other tests you could recommend
me ask for that might better shed light on
whats still wrong with me?