Hi Dr. Corenman,
Since I’ve last posted, I was sent to a Chinese massage therapist who has an exquisite knowledge of where all nerves are located. He was so thorough, so painful, and so optimistic, that I was sure he would help. But, sadly, he didn’t. Now my doctor says the pain is too widespread across (what seems to me) the trigeminal and greater occipital nerves that no one nerve block would help. He has prescribed 300 mg Neurontin, at first just at bed and then twice a day for a 20 day trial. Before I wanted to find out the cause and then treat the symptoms. Right now, I’d be grateful if the symptoms lessened.
Hope this is mildly interesting to you.
JD