Please let me know if the steriod works, even a little bit. I went
to a neurologist once and he suggested I go to Chicago to a headache
clinic, well I never went back, so my experience wasn't that great.
I'd go find a new one, if I just knew what to look for. Please keep
in touch. Thanks for your encouragement.

Teresa

--- In chronicdailyheadache@yahoogroups.com, "David James"
<kjames11@...> wrote:
>
> First of all. find a new Doctor! No doctor should ever say that!
I am
> hopeful that this is not how the rest of my life is going to be.
There is
> no way it can be like this! I will commit suicide before I live
the rest of
> my life in pain.
>
> I just went to a new neurologist. I really like him already! He
put me on
> a steroid to calm the nerves in my spine that goes up through my
head. He
> also agreed that me being on Cymbalta should be helpful. He
scheduled me
> for another MRI because my headaches have gotten worse over the
past couple
> of years and my mom had a ruptured aneurysm a few years back. I
am also
> going to physical therapy to help all the tension in my neck and
back. I
> think its helping but I think it will take a lot of time because
my muscles
> are so super weak!
>
> There are people who have it worse then we do but that doesn't
mean that we
> should have to accept a life like this. Just because other
people's
> illnesses are not "invisible" like our head pain doesn't mean we
don't
> deserve treatment, answers and care. Keep trying to find
something. There
> has to be a cause for the pain. Its just finding out what it is.
>
> Kanina
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: chronicdailyheadache@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:chronicdailyheadache@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of claim55
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:24 AM
> To: chronicdailyheadache@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [chronicdailyheadache] CDH
>
>
>
> I didn't know so many people live like this everyday. Is there any
> hope, has anyone found help? I have been this way since 1988,
> everyday, day in day out. I have days that are worse, I know when
the
> next barimetric pressure change will occur and throwing up isn't
far
> behind, I have days that are better, you know a 3 or a 4. I can't
> imagine what life would be like without a headache. I just figure
> that it is my cross to bear, like arthritis in the head. I am
> allergic to aspirin, demeral just knocks me out but the headache
is
> still there. I can take a pain pill that takes the edge off, but
> never takes the pain away. People ask me, how do you live like
this,
> I ask: how else am I suppose to live? Drugged, going from doctor
to
> doctor with no help? I have tried chiropractic, bio-feedback,
> accupunture, I quit smoking, tried quitting white foods, no MSG,
> etc... and nothing has ever helped, not even a little. Dr says I
may
> just need to decide that this is just the way things are going to
be
> and live with it.
> I sure do sound like a sad sack, I'm really not. I figure if I
can't
> beat this, I'll live with it, I seldom miss work, I do volunteer
work,
> you know how it is..........life goes on, it's my choice how I
want to
> live everyday. There are so many other people in this world who
have
> a far worse road to hoe than I do. But doesn't anyone know how to
> improve life as I know it?
> Thanks in advance, for just reading all this junk, I wouldn't wish
CHD
> on my worse enemy, so I am so sorry for you, god bless you and
keep
> you safe.
>