Posted by DEAN Z (209.197.152.30) on November 13, 2000 at 22:25:25:
In Reply to: Re: injections of the occipital nerve posted by karen gates on September 30, 2000 at 15:00:49:
MY FATHER HAS HAD MISDIAGNOSED CLUSTER HEADACHES FOR YEARS PUMPING IN
MEDICATIONS I KNOW ARE NO GOOD FOR HIM BUT FINALLY A DOCTOR DIAGNOSED A INJURED NERVE
FROM AN INJURY AND HAS HAD THREE DIFFERENT INJECTIONS WITH CORTISONE BEING THE WORST ACTUALLY
INTENSIFYING HIS HEADACHES.THE LAST 2 INJECTIONS WERE ALCOHOL AND GOT RID OF THE HEADACHES FOR 2
YEARS AT A TIME.TO THIS END HE HAS GOT SICK OF THIS AND GOT A NEUROECTOMY JUST LAST WEEK WHICH IS
SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF IT FOR GOOD BUT MAY CAUSE A NUMB SPOT ON HIS HEAD.THE ACTUAL INJECTIONS I DON'T
THINK THEY REALLY HURT COMPARED TO THE NEUROECTOMY