@barbaradh Good morning, Barbara, thank you for replying. I know you don't know my situation, which is why you made these suggestions, but, believe me, all I have been doing for the past three years is see chiropractors, acupuncturists, physical therapists, etc. And I have been to multiple of each of these modalities, at three different practitioners of each of these.

This has literally been my full-time job for three years. I have a 10 page summary (and counting) of everything I've done, or had done, that I bring to each new person I see. Besides these visits, I have also gone the traditional route, visiting (5) different hospitals, seeing more than (30) medical professionals, and the majority of these "experts" have given up after one visit with them. This is why I have been to every hospital and have seen so many doctors, because after a single image or blood panel does not show these "experts" the exact problem that they can fix in two minutes, they literally walk away and I never hear from them again.

I have a primary doctor with UCLA that I have not heard from in more than (2) years, and another with Keck of USC that he and his office blew me off for months. So, I don't sit around waiting for these "experts" to decide if they are going to do their job, I move on after researching my next step(s). There is nothing left to try at this point, which is why when this latest pain management doctor seemed very sure (more than the others, who are basically throwing darts to see what to try next) of what I need to do, I said let's do this.

Thanks again, have a great week,
Marc

@barbaradh
Chiropractor and acupuncture did nothing for a month!
Back to the mystery of Drs. Saying I don’t know. Mystery problem!!

@barbaradh
Never had an epidural. Dr said there’s no place he sees where the issue is located.