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Cervical nerve impingement increasing drammatically

Spine Health | Last Active: Aug 26, 2023 | Replies (24)
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In all the groups , and people I have met through my long journey, the majority of sufferers have at some point been told 'it's all in your head'. It is the line uttered by some physicians when their own frustration gets the better of them!
You are right, finding the person who listens and understands is the foundation to your medical treatment plan.
BUT... by the time we have struggled this long with pain and rejection, getting a doctor ( the ones who do listen as the job description) is a great idea.
Not to humor the insulting guy, but to get someone on your side.
The frustration and feelings of being abandoned and ignored are true poison to the soul; by this time, you might find it helpful to have someone who will listen and believe you.
Also, they may have a suggestion through their experience and network, the very specialist that could you.
( especially if they are connected to a medical school/university town).
Having a person who helps you 'sound off' our justified frustrations is Gold.
Didnt fix my pain, but gave me a bolster to my then shattered confidence in the middle of pain, confusion and a very non-supportive partner.
The 'pain' we have effects all aspects of our lives, the physical, most assuredly, but can also lay waste to our emotion, mental and spiritual selves- our very Being can be threatened.
Even those of us who now (after many years) have our diagnosis, do benefit from 'checking in' with our 'mental health supporters' (Connect is one of them!)
Life is a tough place to be - and we have the extra burden of carrying this pain and disablity every single day. Getting every avenue of support and guidance is a brilliant (and often overlooked) piece of wisdom.
We need help in every aspect to help us live our best life, despite it all.
I do encourage you Alfred to find somebody to be your own personal 'support person' . They can be invaluable for our journey.
All the best!

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AlfredB | @ab6540183 | Aug 5, 2023

Thanks Christine.

I am currently falling apart mentally and physically due to this never ending and progressively worsening pain which feels like extreme tightness, burning, biting, pins and needles in the left side of the neck from C6 to Tl possibly. My MRI shows several nerves impinged. C6 and C7 are the worst. I also feel back pain shooting in my legs, feet and toes. My legs, my feet, my toes feel very tight. Pins and needles are painful in the toes. My left shoulder, arm, hand and fingers hurt badly. I get a lot of refered pain in all the fingers and mainly in the middle, index and thumb. It is a total fire in my body.

I have been abandoned by the traffic accident insurer called TAC (Transport Accident Commission) who will not pay for my physiotherapy, hydrotherapy because the don't think it is a permanent solution to my problem. It would help to get some relief in the mean time. I have been abandoned by the doctors who I don't trust anymore. ER is useless in Australia because they just provide temporary relief with a morphine shot then they discharge you the next day. This is the public hospital in Australia.

My injuries are the result of 2 bad traffic accidents in the last 10 years while riding the bike

Recently I can't sleep despite medication, I am going crazy. The ice packs, hot packs don't help. I feel pins and needles in different parts of my skin around the body.

I feel that this is going to kill me and if not, make my life very miserable.

The whole health system sucks in Australia and it is difficult to find good doctors. It is all about the money for them.

I complain to my pain management doctor that I am in unbearable pain , he gets me to come to his office, then he does the arms strength test which I pass, he tells me that I don't have neurological deficits and he sends me home. But what about the pain doc? He answers: take your tablets and I answer: but they don't work!

This my story for the last 12 months.

I decided that I don't want fusion with hardware or even artificial discs because the can have complications over time. I am really interested in the laser surgery to repair the disc, IE remove the bulging, the herniations, bone spurs.

I can't find this in Australia. The US is way ahead of Australia in this field

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