Hello, let me to introduce myself before I begin whining about my problem. I am Greg and for 51 very athletic and undamaged, at least until the headache put me on the couch.
Although headaches have never been a problem, I had gotten into a bad habit of extending my head forward trying to read the computer. I sat this way at work all day and spent time in the evening in this position while being wound up with stress. When the headache began I was finishing a Leg Workout (same neck position). The MRIs and CTs show degeneration in several areas, so ON is a reasonable conclusion.
There is pain in my neck, but mostly behind my eye and around my ear - only on the left side. It feels like something chewing it's way out of my skull through my left eye socket.
I have been seeking treatment from the beginning, but Jefferson City, Missouri does not have a Mayo or Johns Hopkins. I have been through two Neurologists and 3 Pain Doctors - still no diagnosis from an MD. I don't want to talk about the last Neurologist, he did an initial exam and replied to two e-mails....
The current plan is to get my primary to refer me to a Headache Center in St. Louis. Hopefully, we can test for ON and RF Neurotomy for the Nerves. It can all be done in an afternoon if I can find a Neurologist.
Do you think it may be ON?
Do you work with good doctors in the area?
Am I missing something else?
Although headaches have never been a problem, I had gotten into a bad habit of extending my head forward trying to read the computer. I sat this way at work all day and spent time in the evening in this position while being wound up with stress. When the headache began I was finishing a Leg Workout (same neck position). The MRIs and CTs show degeneration in several areas, so ON is a reasonable conclusion.
There is pain in my neck, but mostly behind my eye and around my ear - only on the left side. It feels like something chewing it's way out of my skull through my left eye socket.
I have been seeking treatment from the beginning, but Jefferson City, Missouri does not have a Mayo or Johns Hopkins. I have been through two Neurologists and 3 Pain Doctors - still no diagnosis from an MD. I don't want to talk about the last Neurologist, he did an initial exam and replied to two e-mails....
The current plan is to get my primary to refer me to a Headache Center in St. Louis. Hopefully, we can test for ON and RF Neurotomy for the Nerves. It can all be done in an afternoon if I can find a Neurologist.
Do you think it may be ON?
Do you work with good doctors in the area?
Am I missing something else?
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