@PapaChaz @ericinga So, this gabapentin stuff? What is it? I have been in the same boat as far as pain getting worse. I saw my physician in mid December who diagnosed it as severe tennis elbow but referred me to a Orthopedist because of the nerve stuff. She mentioned the likelihood of having to resort to steroid injections to get some relief from the pain. I wasn't able to get in with the specialist until Dec 23. Since 11 days without anything for the pain, my doc ended up calling in a pac of predinsone for a few days to get me through.
When I saw the specialist, ALL I SAID was that they needed to know that I don't do well with needles and that in order to prevent passing out, they need to lay me flat while they do it. That's how I was told in the hospital it should be done. So I don't smash my head or whatever. I guess she took it as me being too scared to do it, even though I told her I was in enough pain that I could suck it up and deal with the needles this time around. I just wanted it to stop. Instead, she sent me home with Voltaren Gel and then didn't have an opening for the EGD til Jan 14. I still don't see her for the followup until the 20th. I'm getting agitated AF because the gel is crap, I'm eating ibuprofen like it's pez and it kills just to hold my iphone or type this or the slightest basic task. Y'all know I'm a control freak & I don't have the patience to slow things down. Too much to be done & no-one to do it but me. And the rest of her advice as far as what NOT to do in order to manage it, was a total joke. Not gonna happen.
The dude who did the nerve test handed me the paperwork and told me he'd forward the results to my doc. I said hopefully the results wont require a surgical fix (it was mentioned). He said, it's kinda looking that way. I'm gonna call a chiropractor tomorrow because I'm sick of going under the knife. If I do, I would prefer it to be for something frivolous and elective. And of a plastic nature.
