All About Me Week: The Pinched Nerve (or so I thought)

I am cursing the day I made the running sash. The prototypes were too big and when I ran with them, they fell off my shoulders. So I developed a run wherein my shoulder popped up to (almost) meet my ear. I woke up Friday mornings (usually the days after I ran with the sash) and my shoulders and neck would be sore. But then it got worse. I started having some sharp pain and a numb right thumb. But happily the sharp pain went away weeks ago, never to return. But sadly the numbness is spreading. I feel it a lot in my thumb and pointer finger, as well as up and down my arm. It's worse with certain activities (using a computer mouse among them), and falling asleep hasn't been easy (although, thankfully, staying asleep has been).

I went to the neurologist right before we left for Utah, and he was able to diagnose me with a C6 pinched nerve. Awesome. Until I went back on Monday to a different neurologist who doesn't think it's a pinched nerve. He thinks it's either an irritated nerve or an ideo-blah-blibbity-blah. (So much medical jargon; who can keep track?) Tomorrow I go back for an EMG--something the doctor called "uncomfortable" which we all know means "pretty darn painful." All I know is my body hurts. But I guess it could be worse, eh?

P.S. Dude. The eight-inch donut was awesome. As if there was any reason to doubt it.