01-20-05  08:57, Wayne Chirnside told James Bradley about Tap tap tap...

 Well, how do, Wayne?

 -> Neuroma - Bundle of nerves that have been detached, and 
 -> didn't wire themselves
 -> back right. (My words/understanding.)

 WC> Mine get pinched between vertabre that no longer have discs 
 WC> between them.

As mine are a "bundle" that turned to a fibroid mess, it seems to
wake up at inopportune moments, I have to precursor any new acquaintances
with, "If I shout for no apparent reason, just ignore it. There's
nothing you can do for me. ..." Inevitably, they don't ignore it, and
ask if there's something they can do for me. 
 -> Iatrogenic - Doctor induced harm, due to misdiagnosis, 
 -> or over eager treatment.
 -> (Top on my head, from New Webster's. )

 WC> Yeah I got a hack doctor too, made it worse.
 
From what I've heard from my new MD, it's a real hit and miss situation.
I'm not saying that I had a hack for a surgeon, but I'm sure I could have
been treated less vigorously. I was missdiagnosed for half a decade, then
cut open like a slab of beef.
 WC> Trazodone, take two at night and out for the first 3 hours unless
 WC> something loud disturbs otherwise I get 7 hours.
 WC> Once awake there's no gettinbg back to sleep.

Well, that sounds like a step up! At first, I thought my Amitryp was also
intended to KO me at night. It did, but I had to wake up twenty time to
drink water. Right now, they are trying me on Nortriptyline. It too is a
"crossover" drug, that tends to work on nerves.
 -> Are you mobile?

 WC> Barely, I get 2 hours or less daily standing and - sitting combined,
 WC> after that falls and embarrassing _accidents_ happen.

 WC> I can walk about 6 blocks on a good day.
 WC> Were it not for my dog needing walked I doubt I'd have ANY
 WC> remaining mobility.

They've immobilized your damage, no? You might want to ask if something
called a neural glide might be a good therapy for you. My pain was a slow
progression - I suppose while the nerve bundle was massing - and my self
induce therapy was to try to stretch it as I would a muscle. Turns out,
quite the opposite was required.


... I'll TTYL, Wayne.                                James

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