I went through a trauma in December and another one in January. The first
was a tearing of something in my back the other a decompression of my
compressed neck. I went to emergency room via ambulance 5 times. Each time I am
released with directions to follow up with Doctors. Having a trauma and living
alone is some chore. The muscles in my arms and legs rotated when my spin
shifted due to the tear in my back. The muscles are attached to the skeleton
via a tendon and ligament system. Then the muscles with a covering of a neural
net which activates the muscle. Above that lay a fibrous net which attaches the
fat layer and then skin to the muscle. In my case this fibrous net has been
ruptured in both my arms and legs; it gets real itchy when it heals. Which it keeps
having to do. Why? well I have these things that look like seizures, they are
not in the definition of the word; for they are not brain activated. Because my
spine shifted and then my neck decompressed after being compressed for years;
it had the affect like yanking on a wiring harness in a motorcycle. All of the
circuits are having a problem firing. The closer to the yank the worst the
problem. so my arms with the tear in my back can rotate all the way down to my
hands moving all the bones and muscles from my shoulder blades down to my
hands. I spent months after my trauma visiting a Chiropracter Chris Olterlize
until I realized he was hurting me instead of helping. He just wanted my
insurance money, and no idea how to heal me or what was wrong. He surrounds
himself with Pretty women and gives you chocolate when you leave so you feel
better. All smoke and mirrors.
I guess I should start at the beginning. I got in an MVA in April 28th
of last year which compressed my neck for a third time. I had been dealing
with problems with my left shoulder for two years, and no diagnosis. I was
taking a stability ball class during the summer with Shannon Gual as my
instructor. She said she knew what my problem was, a winged scapula, and she
gave me a list of PT and Chiropractors that she said would heal me. I choose
Sean Roach at Tensigrifity therapy. He used an acupucturemeathode to reset the
muscles on the left shoulder. This did not deal with the issue after a couple
visits so he sent me to Bennisary Chiropratic under the care of Chris
Olterlize. He began working on my body in September. I was working out in the
weight room and had taken track and field. I began running with the team after
a month of activity I was running 2-3 miles 4-5 times a week, attending practices,
and could do 41 arm and leg switch back sit-ups and benched 1/2 my body weight
95 lbs. 29 times. I continued seeing Chris Olterlize who was trying anything,
loosening my lower back and neck by manipulation, scraping my back to
loosen scar tissue, and always ending with compressions. He would not feel
right if he didn't finish with compressing me. I continued to work out hoping
that my exersize regime would benefit my healing. Then a new symptoms
raised their heads. I was with a young lady and during our activity which
lasted most of the night, one of my ribs lifted. The other was I began having
muscle spasms that included my entire left side. I went to Chris and asked
him three questions. 1. Do you know what is wrong with me? 2. If you don't
know what is wrong with me do you know how to find out? 3. If you know what is
wrong with me what is your treatment plan? He could only answer part of three.
I went to another Chiro Kevin Muzzane at Centenail Chiro in
Springfield. He took some X-rays and
then said he had no idea what was wrong with me, and believed that it might be
nurological, he declined to give me treatment because it might injure me. He
reffered me to Doctor Victor Lin who ordered a MRI of my brain looking for a
bleed that could be causing my muscle convulsion/seizure like symptomms. He did
not find one. This is about December and I am back to square one. I am running
4 miles every 4-5 days and still working in the weight room and running with
the track team. December 18th; I try to push through my dysfuction by
manipulating the muscles in my neck and jaw. Something bad happens. I have a
wave roll thru my body via my spine. It goes all the way down thru my hips and
upwards causing my arms to fly up into a position over my head. Then it got
stuck with my arms over my head. I screamed and screamed as something in my
back ripped until I could scream no more. The wave caused my shoulders to get
stuck in a position that lay way up my back. I am terrified, and I have to find
someone to heal me. I google shoulder muscles over lap neck muscles and find a
sight for TMJ Temporo Madibular Joint dysfuction. I find a link to a Cranial
Sacral therapy and call someone down in Sanfransico and she describes some of
my symptoms. I call another Chiro Atlas Chiropractic and ask if they know how
to deal with TMJ. The reply is yes. I walk across town feeling the fibrous
tissue ripping down my legs as I continue to walk and just as I get there i am
almost unable to walk. The Chiro had no idea what was wrong with me, and have
to get back home driving my dysfunction deep into my feet. I find a Cranial
Sacral therapist Marie Caverac who is able to patch me back together, yet the
root cause of my illness has not been found. When you are crippled and
terrified you will reach out to anyone for help. In my case I reached out to
Chris Olterlize who was more than happy to see me. He ordered a MRI of my lower
back (which has no problems) and continued working on me. I started finding a
correlation with my getting worse every time I saw him, and Marie having to
undo all the damage he did to me. I finally stopped seeing him. He was not
happy about that and tried to get me back as a client. Marie has put me back
together well enough to get back to Winter classes at
Lane Community College.
In my third week of class I am attempting to catch the bus yet an unable to
walk fast. I get mad and push my dysfunction by flexing. I hear a loud snap at
the base of my skull, my whole body stiffens with electric shock and everthing
goes black. I come to in time to feel my head distantly hit the ground as my
senses come back and my vision clears. My neck has decompressed, and pinched my
spinal cord at the same time. I drop out of school. I go to Doctor Peaterson
where Marie's Clinic is an have him order a MRI on my neck. I am going to stop
for a second to say this, "I AM NOT A DOCTOR. I AM A CHEF" Within a
few days the bunched up muscles in my back release in the only direction they
can down my arms to my hands where it turns my wrist bones and hands. A
nerve gets pinched in the back of my hand and I can't use my right hand. I
begin having full body spasms/seizures in December when I push my body too far.
I walked four blocks for that one. I am taken to the hospital in totall five
times via Ambulance over the next five months. The doctor and nurse on the last
visit yell at me and say it's all in my head, due to a psyhcotic break that i
have due to my sickness. I storm out the best i can while having convulsions,
and fall in the lobby. I pick myself up and the staff comes over to tell me
that they can't let me leave. They go and check with the doctors in the back
and return to say I am discharged. I walk another 100 feet and fall down to
wait fro my convulsions to stop. Often my arms won't work sometimes while I'm
awake and others in my sleep which wake me up. I walk around until I can move
them. Its not pins and needles I just can't use them and feeling is real
distant. The other new symptom is that my breathing stopped three time for
about 30 seconds each time.The last seizure started at 11:30 at my house, and
ended as I lay on the cement for forty five minuets at about 2:30. Security
Guard Dennis at Sacred Heart River Bend stayed and talked to me until they
stopped.
Dr. Victor Lin started spear heading my treatment until Allstate sent a
letter to all my Doctors stating they would not pay the bills any longer. I
have been waiting for Doctor Yoder to see me for the last month and awaiting
Bridge Program to approve me for treatment. Mean while my dysfunction gets
worse. I have been fighting off sseizures for the last three days and four
hours today as I type. I'm living in a state of terror, waiting for someone to
step forward and heal me. I pray. I pray. Is anybody out there? It's my
birthday tomorrow May 22. I will be 43 years old.
Peace and Grace
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