In January 2002, Mustaine was hospitalized for the removal of a kidney stone and was administered pain medication that triggered a relapse of his drug addiction. Following his stay, Mustaine checked himself into a treatment center in Texas. While there, Mustaine fell asleep with his left arm over the back of a chair, causing compression of the radial nerve . He was subsequently diagnosed with radial neuropathy , which left him unable to grasp or make a fist with his left hand.
Mustaine was hospitalized
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