Nerve Block #11...this is not a fun party

They keep telling me that the blocks areworking. I don't think that they are in my head. They don't fully understand the fact that the blocks that they keep giving me in my neck has taken away my neck pain and back part of brain pain(good grief that sounded so uneducated-sorry, I am tired and pissed now). I am SO SURE! BUNCH OF GOOBERS!I really feel like a pin-cushion between the blocks and the 37 injection sites of BOTOXa couple of weeks ago. The jury is still out on that one. As for the block, myneck doesn't presently hurt. All the pain in the entire world has found it's way to my frontal lobe. I am trying imitrex for bazillionth time. I am aware of the bad side-affects thatcome with that drug when I usually use it. I don't care anymore how bad they are! Bring it-iet's see what you've got!!

Plus, the cherry on the top of this turd sundae is the fact that breakthru meds that the pn clinic wrote for me last was lortab. First, that is not touching my pain and it rebounds on me horribly. This is why I only want to see one pain management specialist. Someone that just doesn't look at me and say"Well, I know what I am going to write for you. I bet you that you won't even need them with the new extended release med that I wrote." She wrote EXALGO 8mg. From what I have read, this is a super low dose. I am going to bash my head now!

That's enough now. Stop whining! At least, I am sending this out where none of my normal, non-headachy,happy would ever find it! It is kina freeing to begin to just lay it all out there for all cyber world to see and I don't even have to listen to any stupid story from a well-meaning person who just asks about my headaches in public. I save the "Oh, I am doing great-miracle treatment from magical goat feces. Good luck finding any!

Botox and the Blues

I have been such a slacker with this blog. Sometimes I feel like laying it all out there for the world to read(if they found it!) means that the pain is winning. I don't like the person that I have become. I have always been the fun, quick with a quip or comeback, sassy girl. More and more, that person seems to be disappearing. It is like my best friend has moved a million miles away and refuses to communicate with me!

I have to say that the brightest spot in the last week has been reading Chocolate and Vicodin. I told my hubby that I feel like the author is inside my head! Strangely, we have gone through so much of the same treatments and procedures. I hate to laugh at her eagerness before "the next great cure" but I have been there and back many times over. It is a great read for anyone with headaches or chronic pain, or for that matter, their friends or loved ones. So refreshing a read! I know that this sounds ridiculous considering it is her day to day, doctor and quack memoir about living with chronic, unrelenting headache pain. I personally have chronic daily headaches and migraines and know what it is like to be the headache chick! Thank you, thank you for a great book that I can recommend to all the headache friends and those who love them and want to understand what we go through!!


Well, my insurance company finally paid for Botox. I had it done last week. No relief yet. At least that's something else to check off my list.

There have been lots and varied nerve blocks done over the last few months and med changes galore. I will try to tackle them next time!