Hi Wendy,
I did the 5 day inpatient ketaimine at the Hospital for Special Surgery in November and since have had 3 outpatient boosters with Dr. Shwartzman. I've also receive 2 cervical nerve blocks.

As for medications, before my inpatient, I was on every opiate you can think of, narcotics and on a collision course. I was in the ER at least once a week and even there my pain couldn't be controlled.

Since getting the ketamine treatments, on average my pain doesn't go over about a 2 and at most, on occassion I take a soma. My regular meds now include Mobic (anit-inflammatory), Neurontin (2800), Trazodone (1 to help sleep & prevent pain) and Klonopin to keep my nerves calm.

Before ketamine, I was on all of that plus Dilaudid, Oxxycontin, Morphine, Fentanyl, etc.

If Dr. Shwartzman said you weren't a candidate, I hate to get your hopes down but I do believe in him tremendously as I do Dr. Richman (my in patient Dr.)

Did he say why you werern't a candidate?

Dawn