Bear with me on this,it gets interesting
For the last few years my most comfortable sleeping position has been on my right side with my right arm under my pillow extending straight toward the side of the bed (were the pillow not there my head would rest on my bicep).
Every few nights my arm will "fall asleep" and wake me (the standard painful tingling asleep). I then switch sides to the exact opposite position which will also fall asleep(now the left arm) on occasion but MUCH more rarely and less severely. It's annoying but not a big deal.
Anyway last night I was awoken to a unique situation. My arm wasn't just asleep...that baby was dead. I mean dead dead. I couldn't move a single finger or feel any sensation anywhere on it at all, my arm just hung. I got out of bed and started weirding out a bit as I held my right wrist with my left hand and felt the dead weight of it as I manipulated it around. Very freaky to say the least.
Well I started using my left to rapidly shake and flail the right which did eventually restore flow, sensation and movement. It seemed like forever but took likely about 3-4 seconds of the shaking to start feeling that painful "limb asleep" tingling.
I guess the moral of the story is not to take the stranger too far
So docs, how long do I have to live?
P.S. I woke my wife while flapping my dead limb against the wall and furnishings and when I explained the deal to her she exclaimed "It's not a heart attack is it" (hey it was 3:00 A.M) to which I responded "No, I'm not that lucky".
She failed to see the humor