The nerve…

Last night, my pain was so bad I couldn’t sleep. My days have turned into an epic struggle against pain.

I went to a new pain management doctor today. He strongly suspects that my pain is caused from irritated nerve endings. He’s going to give me a series of nerve blocks and, if that doesn’t help, he’s going to snuff out the nerve and freeze it’s ending(s) and there was another procedure he talked about that I can’t remember/pronounce. I was becoming depressed and was losing all hope, but this has rekindled the fire beneath my ass.

So, I went from thinking I was dying of cancer to learning I was dealing with/experiencing nerve pain. I hope to God he’s right.

Another thing he told me is that my irritation is caused from arthritis, i.e. DDD, TCJD, etc. IT IS A COMMON AILMENT AND MOST PEOPLE GET IT AS THEY AGE (30-50 yoa). My point is, people experiencing this (common) pain think it’s something different, (more serious) and spend butt-loads of their hard-earned money chasing a cure/diagnosis. If you’re one of these people, there is hope!!!!

My first nerve block is scheduled for 9:00 AM on Thursday, March 29. Until then…

Degenerative Disc Disease

As of today, I wake up each morning pain-free, but by late-morning the pain begins to creep in. Lately, I’ve been feeling numbness and tingling in my left leg. Great. I stopped taking Lyrica; it isn’t helping me.

I’m still weaning off meds, so I feel like crap and have to make/force myself to sit down and write. My DC is putting me through “Decompression Therapy,” which basically consists of me laying down on a computerized, modern-day torture-rack, while he straps my lower back and legs, and has the machine pull on my legs, hence “decompressing” my spine. I’ve had three sessions and don’t really feel much better.

One thing I’m hopeful about is my diagnosis: I’m pretty certain what I have is nerve pain caused by Degenerative Disc Disease.

There’s a pretty good article on spinal disc transplants here. My eyes are about to pop out of my head.

Lyrica and the Whitee Patch

The past few days, I’ve been waking up pain-free, but I notice as I move around, my pain begins. I’ve been on Lyrica for just over two weeks now and I think I “jumped the gun” on my decision earlier.  It feels as though it’s working, but I can’t be sure, because on Monday, my DC applied another Whitee Patch and shortly after, my pain began subsiding.

I’m not here to advertise or promote anything, but I can’t deny that these two products, either together or individually, seem to be helping me a great deal. Either way, they are worth checking into.

As far as my ADHD, it’s off the chart!!!!!!!!!!