Re: Your school testing

In Reply to: Re: Your school testing posted by kathy on January 27, 2004 at 15:50:46:

: : A handful of you will remember me as the woman who got carpal tunnel syndrome at only 14 years of age. Most of you probably won't know me though. However, I wanted to let those who do know me that I'm still around and update them.

: : The chiropractor I saw during the summer helped my body, but didn't do much for my hands. I had to stop seeing him in the winter and will get in as many visits as possible this spring before I lose my insurance. I have continued to take iodine in much smaller amounts and I'm really not sure if that has done much... I think it probably has done a little, but not enough to help a whole lot. I'm graduating high school a year late because of bad health and unfortunately starting this year students will have to pass a test to receive a diploma. I'm afraid of how my hands will do during this test. I never wanted to be this way, but I understand that I just have to get it over with and hopefully will make it through the test without crying. Those teachers don't want to know my opinion of the school system and what it has done to me. It sounds like my last chance before surgery is the combination of chiropractor and iodine. This chance doesn't seem too good. How much is the surgery anyways? I'm still wearing splints and have done so for 2 years and four months. I have had muscle deterioration throughout my body due to iodine deficiency, CTS, and iron deficiency. My mom says I should take the splints off more and more each day, but it hurts without them and I'm afraid I will hurt even more than I already do so I just save the pain for school. When I'm done with school hopefully I'll be able to read other People's posts, but for now school keeps me so busy that I can't really do much. I hope other people are having better luck than me. It really is amazing to see all of these different names on this board because it show's how many people there are with a syndrome that has an extremely underestimated power.

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: If you can have the doctor write something to confirm the condition, they should be able to administer your test using some method other than you having to pencil in each answer. I'd approach them on that as soon as possible

: Good Luck

: kathy

I agree with Cathy 100%, they should (with a doctors note of course) provide you with someone (possibly a teacher) who could fill in the answers for you....you read the question and tell her how you want it filled in/answered. It would be ridiculous to make you have to take a test like that. I remember when my CTS was bad, I was in grad school and all the writing was KILLING me. I kept having to stop evey couple of words and shake hand out to get feeling again, not to mention rid of pain.
Good luck and I hope you keep us posted on how you make out.
Kitty