Have you ever woken up in the morning with your arm still asleep? And I'm not talking just a couple of fingers or even just the hand - I'm talking the entire arm....from the shoulder to the nails. I woke up this morning in just that condition. The left arm was dead to the world. I couldn't even move it...I had to use the right arm to physically pick it up and move it to where the blood could start flowing in it again. Once I did, there was so much blood trying to reach my fingertips that it kinda got bottlenecked at the artery in my upper arm...kinda like a traffic jam...I had to use my right hand to force the blood through the veins by stroking my bicep in the direction I needed the blood to flow....the whole experience was surreal.
Posted by jfer at May 5, 2002 1:58 PMJen..this has happened to me on several occasions. I am always concerned that if I move my arm the wrong way it will break and I will not know it til it regains feeling.
Posted by: Rita (aka mom) on May 6, 2002 7:50 PM