I've had severe nerve pain for about 4 years, I am on disability - I was approved the first time. That should tell you how severe it has been. The pain runs across the #11 Nerve - Intercostal nerve. They tried meds like Neurontin and Lyrica, they helped with the pain a lot but I couldn't tolerate either, both caused me severe side effects and I had to quit both. All they can do is give me narcotics and send me to the pain clinic - both methods are ineffective for me.
I've improved a lot in the past year, mostly through physical therapy - but I still don't have enough control of pain - and I'm trying to get where I can work again. My wife died a year ago (she was 42, and I was 44, I am 45 now) - - and I don't want to be home all the time, I want to be productive, and I try very hard. The pain along the 11 nerve is still fairly bad, and if I go off the narcotics it's unmanageable.
I don't want to be on the narcotics.
thanks
2007-07-24
13:06:26
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