Originally Posted by
garysgal
Find a good chiropractor and have him x-ray your spine. If it envolves spinal nerves, he can help you. I had ET in my neck and my head bobbed. Now it is gone and my nerves are better. I had a curving in my spine that effected the nerves. It's worth a try.
I do have a tailbone injury from way back, the chiropractor found it in an ex-ray about 15 yrs ago. And I do have a problem with my neck, bothers me to look up for more than a few seconds. But unless I go to the chiropractor several times a week, it just doesn't do a lot of good. And with no medical insurance, treatments can get quite expensive when you are on a fixed income.
Thanks for all the suggestions and offers to cut my fabric. I am not quite ready to give up any part of the quilting process, but I know eventually I may have to ask a friend to do my cutting for me. This thread has given me much insight and I am amazed at how many people on here have or know someone with this disease. Essential Tremors has just recently been assigned a medical code by the insurance industry, so hopefully now more research will be done for the disease and new drugs developed especially for it. Hopefully the side effects won't be worse than the disease.......lol. I am 55 and have been sewing since the age of 12, not willing to give it up EVER. It is my therapy and escape. I am slow, but I've never been competitive so who cares as long as I finish a project eventually. This board and it's members are the greatest! HUGS to all!