Hi pieceofheaven,

how are you?

Last night my neck was burning all night and this morning I am feeling pins and needles all over my body on and off.

As of 2 weeks ago my neck pain has entered a new phase. Now it is constantly burning on both sides. It feels like incredible tightness and stabs inside without a pause. Even the strongest drugs are not managing the pain well. On top of this, I started to get burning, numbness of the groin, legs, feet and toes. I get painful pins and needles in the toes that makes it hard for me to walk and drive locally. Not only I have cervical spine issues but also have lumbar issues. The bulging at C5 is contacting my spinal cord. This month last year I was perfectly fine. My doctors are useless and am not getting real help from them. Not managing the pain is a massive challenge. My blood pressure is nearly 160/100 daily due to stress and pain. I don't want a spinal fusion, I just want to go to Florida to get a minimally invasive laser disc repair surgery. There is no one that does this in Australia. I need to get it fixed quickly because I don't want to end up in a wheel chair. 
The other challenge is having enough money to cover this. The public hospitals in Melbourne are overworked and under staffed,
I was told that there is a minimum waiting period of 3 years. That is too long.
Alfred