Finally got to the doc today - I don't like this guy. As I was sitting waiting for him, my headache got much worse, to the point where I had to turn off the lights & close the blinds. When he came in, I told him to go ahead and turn them back on, and we began to talk about things. I told him about it starting with my neck being out of alignment on Thursday, and that by Saturday, they had progressed to, effectively, migraine level quite often. I shouldn't hazve even brought it up - for some reason, he glomped right on to that, and was convinced that my neck issues (and everything else related to this week) probably stemmed from a migraine. I tried to explain to him that my headache/"migraine" issues started a couple days after the neck issue, but it didn't seem to phase him. I decided to just let it go, but what I wanted to tell him was that, yes I've had the occasional "mirgaine-like" symptoms, and I've had the neck issues before, but while I've had the migraine issues with the neck misalignment, I've *never* had the migraine issues *without* neck issues. By logic, this tells me that the "migraines" are likely not the issue; that they're brought on by the neck/back issues. He wouldn't have anything to do with it & I didn't want to argue with the guy who would hopefully be prescribing my meds. I just admitted that, yes, I suppose a migraine *could* have started things. This seemed to make him happy.
I also told him about the facial nerve issue, and that it would sometimes get worse if I turned my head a certain way. He made a point to tell me that the nerve that effects that area comes directly out of the brain, and that any neck motion couldn't have anything to do with it. He didn't say "shouldn't" or anything, he said that it wouldn't affect it. Again, I wasn't going to argue, but the simple fact is, that's the case, that's what was happening with me. I wanted to ask him if he was calling me a liar, but again, "don't antagonize the meds guy!".
I got a prescription for a generic Imitrex, one for flexeril, and one for hydrocodone. I took two of the Imitrex, two hours apart as instructed, just to humour the doc, and took a flexeril with the first one.Then (when I realized that the Imitrex wasn't working, as I anticipated) I took a hydrocodone around 6p. About 6:30p, I took another. It worked for a bit, but it's starting to really bother me again. I'm going to take another flexeril and a hydrocodone about 8p. I'm keeping an eye on how much acetaminophen I'm getting with it, and I'm not taking any of the OTC tylenol anymore. I'm amazed at just how bad this is - I don't remember hurting this bad since my car accident.
You know what's funny about all this? I can't imagine this as being anywhere near as bad as what stepfie was/is going through. I think about all that she's endured, and I feel like a complete whiner.
Just took another flexeril. It's going to be a long night.
8:11 p.m. - 2012-06-26
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