I seem to be getting weird side-effects from the surgery.
I am having headaches at least every other day. I had thought they were migraines but they are not. They come from the occipital nerves above my surgical site (T10-S1). The headaches can be where the neck and skull meet in back or over the eyes at the temples in the front, or both. It gets worse when I lie down.
I discussed the headaches with the surgeon, a pain-management doctor, my GP, and my acupuncturist. They all agree on the cause. My GP gave me Parafon Forte (muscle relaxant) with Aleve to take twice a day. This helped until the Aleve started upsetting my stomach (after a week). Now, I'm taking the muscle relaxant without the Aleve and it just doesn't work that well. My surgeon gave me the ok to have NSAIDs at 6 months post-op. The pain management dr said there are shots to help this but, I have had a number of steroid shots this year so I would rather wait with this.
I am also having acupuncture for this pain.
Has anyone had this issue? If so, what did you do?
Thanks.
I am having headaches at least every other day. I had thought they were migraines but they are not. They come from the occipital nerves above my surgical site (T10-S1). The headaches can be where the neck and skull meet in back or over the eyes at the temples in the front, or both. It gets worse when I lie down.
I discussed the headaches with the surgeon, a pain-management doctor, my GP, and my acupuncturist. They all agree on the cause. My GP gave me Parafon Forte (muscle relaxant) with Aleve to take twice a day. This helped until the Aleve started upsetting my stomach (after a week). Now, I'm taking the muscle relaxant without the Aleve and it just doesn't work that well. My surgeon gave me the ok to have NSAIDs at 6 months post-op. The pain management dr said there are shots to help this but, I have had a number of steroid shots this year so I would rather wait with this.
I am also having acupuncture for this pain.
Has anyone had this issue? If so, what did you do?
Thanks.
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