Anyone heard of Saturday Night Palsy?

[bluedeminredstate]

I fell asleep in my computer chair and compressed the brachial nerve. Now my arm is numb and my hand is kind of claw-like. Stick a pen in it and I'm a younger, female Bob Dole! It's been 10 days...when can I expect this to get better? The doc just shrugs his shoulders but gave me Prednisone today. It's called Saturday Night Palsy b/c of drunks hanging over the back of a bar stool all night, arms slung over the back-facing chair.
One handedness sucks!!!

[MADem]

1. Wow, what a bummer

Are you in much pain?

[bluedeminredstate]

4. no. none.

It's just a useless appendage.

[pnorman]

2. Brand new to me, but here's what I Googled:

http://www.carpaltunnels.com/cts/radial.html That's a commercial medical service that's blowing it's own horn, but it sounds like good and helpful advice.

I think I've had a touch of it a few times, but it had nothing to do with Saturday night carousing (at least not for the past 25 years). I generally read myself to sleep, and end up by falling aslep in awkward positions.

pnorman

[crispini]

3. Ok, I'm sorry for your misfortune,

but what a funny name! :rofl:

Try acupuncture. It seems to work for all manner of nerve-related things.

[bluedeminredstate]

6. good idea.

I think I'll check it out. I had to pay my teenage daughter (read beeotch) to grocery shop with me today and drivibg is not too cool but sometimes I have to!

[indy_azcat]

5. I believe the techie name is radial neuropathy

you can get it from crutches too.

it can be weeks before the nerves heal. :(

Hope you get better quicker'n that!

[bluedeminredstate]

7. thank you.

that's good to know.
:hi: