welcome to carpal tunnel  stretching exercises are good for it ,..we like to type too much Twink. I have bursitis i think you spell it that way. On my elbow on my left arm  my arms too would fall asleep but now that I'm working all that time that doesn't happen. I had my foot crushed a few years back (just soft tissue damage) and I was fine , but a bone was sightly chipped. i  sometimes get a pain from hell out of no where  from that foot,. yep getting old or battle scars,

Oh no, sorry Twinkie! Isn't it so frustrating when every "expert" comes up with a different diagnosis?

I did about a year of physical therapy for my knee, and it did absolutely nothing for me in the long run (though I did enjoy the ultrasound gel messages!) I hope you're able to find something that works for you soon. I'm a baby when it comes to dealing with pain, but I love your little bit of positivity at the end of your blog :)

Has anyone checked your spine? I was wondering if you might have a pinched nerve somewhere further up than your arm? Just curious.

yes they did some nerve tests and ruled that out. Joe, I DON'T have carpal tunnel. He thought I did because of the restriction of blood flow, but then he decided it has to do with that name I can' t remember right now.

Anyways... today was also a shitty day (ha) but hopefully tomorrow will be better. I'm just glad this doctor was proactive and didn't just decide to lump me into the fibromayalgia category without at least doing more testing than the arthritis one, which is what my first doctor did.

well....I wish luck for you Twinkie!... hope they figure it out!  Pain Sucks.

ha. yeah.. it does. The good thing about physical therapy is that my arms aren't falling asleep anymore. I told my p.t that I can deal with the pain.. I mean.. HELL.. I've been "dealing" most of my life. But the feeling of not being able to sleep because my damned arms were causing me so much grief was depressing.

 I am very not into Dr's I actually don't like them much, i don't think they care, only about money but that's fine, i dont care, whatever. I have a plate missing in my Back which causes a lot pf pain at times and it makes it hard to walk on my right leg . I have had every kind of pain medication thrown at me + physical therapy (which is bullshit) and nothing has really helped and honestly you cant make it a lifestyle. Pain Medication doesn't help the problem and only band aids it. The best advice i can give you is, work out, at first it will suck but once you get into the habit you will feel 99% better, i still have some days where my back hurts really bad, but i just work thought it as best as i can. I work out an hour everyday except on Sunday, it was hard at first but it has helped a great deal, its not easy at all, but everything is life that's worth it, it Hard. and changing a lifestyle is hard. very hard.

good luck, i feel your pain :)

Hmmm arthritis , could be, and the more you exercise it tends to help ,  but it could be that  my hands   are weak in the mornings , my mom had RA and her hands were  someone twisted, not bad but  it hit her about age 50. I'm like and old work horse. I get up with aches and keep moving. I hope they find it's something easy to treat!