what's going to happen next?!
Question: What's going to happen next?
Answers:
Hi Swimmer,
I wouldn't expect the local hospital at home to do much, either. You have long term health care challenges and that's not really the kind of stuff hospitals, especially ER's do. They want to get you back to a doctors care as quick as possible, and sad to say, off their hands.
What I would start checking out is who is the head of the neurology department there is, what kind of reputation they have, and do they have some type of pain clinic there where they are going to take your pain seriously. They aren't all created equally and that's for damn sure.
With all the other stuff you have going on, your major complaint is pain, something that can be fairly well controlled with medication (a few other therapies could be helpful too- don't turn away any helping hand) and letting you remain in pain is a crime. Any anger and/or anxiety you're feeling about this is nail on the head justified (JMO) and probably just exacerbates your pain. You need a doctor that gets it, and most don't want to touch a patient in pain with a 10' tongue depressor. Try and hang in there. You aren't alone.
alt.support chronic-pain (usenet)
This is the second time you have posted the same question. I am not looking for points or anything but I am trying to determine what you are looking for. You are not always going to hear what you want to hear. I and many others contributed many good answer and of course you could have emailed me for further questions. I am so sorry that you have all these medical problems. Nobody deserves this. But the Next hospital can find out about your medical background and response in the same ways as the first Emergency Room did.
Nursing Degree
For what you described, nothing. They can't see it with scans and it won't show up on tests so they just can't diagnose it, which means they can't fix it. You have tight neck muscles causing a lot of your problems. When the neck muscles are tight they restrict everything going in and out of your head, including the blood. When there is a reduced blood flow to the brain you will have a lowered oxygen level there as well. You will know when the oxygen level has dropped when you feel very tired. If the level drops more you will get dizzy, light headed, and more you pass out. Your neck muscles go to the top of your head where they connect to the muscles going around your head. When the neck muscles get tight they pull the head muscles into pain as well and that's your migraine. Because migraines have the muscles so tight they often bring in the back muscles into the mix as well as they share muscles for that to be possible. To get rid of your migraine and some of these other pains you have to free up your neck and back muscles and here's how to free them up:
Neck
Put your hands alongside your head so your thumbs are on the front of the muscle under your ear and your fingers are on the back of the muscle behind your neck. Squeeze your thumb and fingers together and hold. Relax your body. When your fingers and thumb touch, about one minute, slowly lower your head as far as you can, release the pressure but hold your neck lowered for another 30 seconds.
Back:
(do from a sitting position)
Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front and firmly pull down on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side. For both- for best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed. If you would email me I have some other things I would like to discuss with you if you are interested in doing that.