Well, crap.
For the first time in almost three weeks, I need some ice.
Pain-o-meter is at 6/10. I know, it's not as bad as 8 or 9, but, well, crap.
I'm still five days from the end of the 60 Days of Hell Experiment so it's ice and only ice for relief tonight.
I have an appointment this week with a physiotherapist who specializes in myofascial release treatments. She's been at it for 20 years, so it gives me some hope for maintaining more pain-free days. I also see my family doc who may have some wisdom to shed on the whole thing.
I still believe TPI is the only treatment that has had any lasting effectiveness at all in three years. I fully expected to need re-injection at some point. Dr. BA indicated that this would be a very real possibility.
I didn't expect to need it so soon.
I'll continue with the ten treatments of structural integration, physio with the specialist, and hopefully, I'll be able to find a doc locally who will be able to re-inject my trigger points if the pain becomes sustained and unbearable.
For tonight, it's ice. No tylenol. No advil. Nothing. I have a drug test coming up on Wednesday that has to come up "clean" so my headache doc and family doc will know once and for all what my diagnosis is. It all gets complicated now by the addition of a third possibility - that my headaches are not migraine, nor are they chronic daily headache, but rather, yhey are caused by classic myofascial pain syndrome in which active trigger points cause referred pain - in my case in the right temple, mostly.
I don't even know what to think right now. Maybe it was too good to be true after all. Or, maybe tonight is just a blip and tomorrow will be all good again.
Thankfully, Pillar sustains my hope by reminding me that it's been three weeks since I've had this much pain.
Here's hoping for a better day tomorrow.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
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9 comments:
no, no, no! I'm so sorry. I hope the ice did the trick and this was just a bad evening in a long string of good ones. Continuing to hope and pray...
I hope it is a blip on the screen. And... I know it is disappointing for you that this happened, but in the big picture, you have hope and have seen results. Praise God for that.
Praying for you daily and will be looking for a report soon on how you are today.
Oh, honey. I'm sorry to hear you were in need of ice again and hope this morning finds you feeling better.
When I first started getting trigger point injections for myofascial pain I had them every week or 10 days because it was hard not to panic when I felt that knowing stab of pain. I wanted to stop it asap. In the past 16 months I've gone as long as 4 months without needing them. When I was in the midst of the radio documentary and the stress was heavy I needed them again after 2 months. I've come to accept that needing them seems to corelate with the stress level in my life. Maybe because the pain is in my shoulders and I tend to tense up my upper back, shoulders and neck when my stress rises.
I do know how wonderful it is to be pain free and how panicky it can be to feel that pain returning.
Hang in there. I've been thrilled for you to find some relief. That is a very hopeful thing. I hope today is better.
Crapity.
oh, no! i hope you are feeling better, and that you can find someone nearby to do the injections when/if you need them.
and your doctor had BETTER back you up with pain relief and whatever else you need, once his dandy little experiment is over.
Oh sweetie...I'm sorry. Hoping and praying that this is indeed but a blip - and also hoping that you dont become so anxious about it that you increase the pain through sheer tension.Relieved that the meds free time is almost over - you have been heroic.
Hugs, loves and prayers
shoot. well, maybe it is just a bad day -- a few triggers added up or something. are you affected by the weather? i know i am! my fingers are crossed that this is just an aberration.
Awww, MAN!
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