Very thankful for your reply. My whole issue started with myofascial pain syndrome and has just escalated from there. I met with my pain management specialist and he gave me a steroid nerve block at the base of the occipital nerve and it did help quite a bit. He seemed surprised that it didn’t hurt me and said I must have a high tolerance. It just felt numb to me. But the pain has been spreading out and he felt I should get a CT. I’d prefer a mri but just follow his lead because he’s actually a neurologist in trade. What’s fantastic is that I live within walking distance of a highly specialized PT facility where they only do spinal work. I’m in the waiting period so I’ll find out soon what suggestions he’ll make. Thank again. This has just been a bad flare I hope.🤞