I went to a new neurologist who then sent me to a pain management specialist (been through this before) according to the MRI report there is nothing out of the ordinary.......
She did listen to me and came to the conclusion that it is the occipital nerve, between c3 and c5
She gave me a Cervical Medial Branch Block and an appointment to see her in 4 weeks..
Today, the day after, I have electric jolts of pain all over the top of my head,
in the same pattern I have had since the bicycle accident in 2008.
Does this mean that what is causing these jolts of pin point pain is not occipital neuralgia??
Honestly, I was so happy leaving her office yesterday after the procedure because i had no clue that she would really listen, and no idea that she would actually do something during my visit (this procedure)
I felt nothing except the left side of my entire head being numb all last night.
This morning however - back to the pain.
I will call tomorrow and tell her that the medial branch block did absolutely nothing. At that point I will be considered to be a "problem patient" who wants immediate results
I'm considering waiting fore a week to see how this pans out, then calling if i need to.
I have to say that this doctor is the first one who actually listened, seemed to have a handle on a diagnosis, and did something.
The next step if this doesn't work is to do a cervical radiofrequency ablation
and then if all else fails, a surgically inserted occipital nerve stimulator.
Any thoughts on any of this?
I'm optimistic, yet afraid to get any hopes up at this point.