10 December, 2008

Add one more doctor to the stable

I have a new pain management doctor. One who seems very motivated and says that he has great interest in the problem I have with my shoulders and neck.

He diagnosed me with cervical facet disease and is performing a procedure on me tomorrow to numb the nerves in question. If this provides *any* relief for the neck and shoulder pain it is well overdue. I mention it all the time at the ER and to my other doctors, but apart from one recommendation of physical therapy didn't get much results. And the PT involved touching and manipulating the area which more than once sent me to the ER with exacerbated migraines.

He makes no promises, especially about the migraines, but the neck and shoulder pain needs attention too.

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