Jul 12, 2011 - Comments: 0
Continued from Pain management Doctor #2
Yesterday was my appointment with Dr N. I hadn't been there since last September ,so there was alot of
catching up on all my orthopeadic problems,,esp the ankle fusion. We discussed my pain management program and went over the Dr's progress notes. I told him I did not want to be on these meds for life..I don''t want the side...
Jul 12, 2011 - Comments: 0
Continuing from my blog on pain management, I am now making my way to see pain management doctor #2. I haven't heard back yet from new PM doc's office but they need the referral letter. Have had some bad nerve pain last couple nights so I've been hooked up to my TENS for several hours each evening.
I FINALLY got an appointment with the new PM doc. They have set me up as a consult for the first appointment and they block off 1 1/2 hrs to spend with the doc. I hope this guy can handle the job. I came across an interesting "booklet" on intractable pain, since I...
Jul 08, 2011 - Comments: 0
Continuing my series of blogs chronicling my battle thru nerve pain from neuromas. This blog begins four months after April 08 open surgery for 6 neuroma excissions. I was referred to pain management for...
Jun 21, 2011 - Comments: 0
CRYOABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROMA(S)
I've been dealing with neuromas since Oct 2007 and it's now 2011. What is a neuroma you might ask ? A...
May 14, 2008 - Comments: 0
"The next step is to schedule surgery." This was the message in an email I received from the doctor's office, after reporting no improvement from the nerve blocks and cortisone shot. I had been having severe nerve pain on the...
Dec 04, 2007 - Comments: 0
If you've been following my stories about scar tissue, you will know that I previously had scar tissue compressing the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve. This was back in 2005. It was surgically debrided , decompressed and excised in 2006.
Once again, I've been diagnosed with the return of scar tissue, only 7 weeks post-op. The surgery I just had was for open...
Nov 22, 2007 - Comments: 0
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