Tuesday November 7, 2011, two months after my surgery, I had a visit to a pain specialist Doctor, Doctor Staacke. He was very Doctorly but that was it. His nurse was great and aloud me to have my break down. I couldn't hold it back any longer. Pain for 2 months straight and I am at my limit.
We have scheduled a nerve block on December first upon insurance approval. I now have pain patch that we can stick on for twelve hours at a time & twelve hours off. I have new non-narcotic pain medication & now I have to take anti-seizure medication and gradually increase every three to five days. They do make me very sleepy and after one treatment all I do is sleep all day.
I have now missed my whole summer and now it looks like Thanksgiving and Christmas as well. Not to say that husband is worried that I will not have a job after all of this. My job is the last I can think about. I hope that we are heading in the right direction. I don't know how much more I can take of all of this.
