Hi folks! Haven't posted in a long time...seems like forever

Have been holding off, waiting to be able to report how the botox shots went for my upper back pain that can't be helped with either of my cervical or lumbar SCS's. Well, the news isn't good. I've been feeling worse since getting the shots, which is confusing my pain mgmt. dr. I don't know if it was the actual botox itself (he doubts that), or the process of getting the shots (he did them like trigger point injections, in about 6 places in my upper shoulders).

Anywho, he's referring me on to another pain mgmt. dr. who he says is more up on pain injections and that I don't need to come back to see him unless I have problems with my SCS's or need tweaked. So, looks like I may have 2 pain mgmt. doctors.

In the meantime, I'm using a flector patch on each shoulder blade (cost for one month's supply is $100!!), and my current pain mgmt. dr. has also sent a rx. off to some compounding pharmacy in Alabama and they're supposed to put together a cream that has anti-imflammatory, analgesic, muscle relaxant and nerve relaxant properties in it. Supposed to apply twice daily. Can't wait to see the price tag on that one as my ins. co. usually doesn't cover compounded prescriptions.

The flector patches are helping, and taking the edge off, but my husband is having to put a lot of tape on them to keep them on my upper back, because when I move around at night in bed they tend to come loose. So the extra tape has been hard on my skin, pulling off some skin in places, but I'll deal with it if it means getting some pain relief.

Then, to top it off my podiatrist informed me this week that he thinks both of my Achilles heel tendons are torn and is talking aobut "elongating" them??? That's a whole other issue that's going to go on the back burner for now. Can only deal with so much at one time. Makes we wonder if there's an underlying muscle condition causing some of my problems???

The SCS's have really been a God-send and I don't know how I'd be doing without them, but it just seems like there's always something that keeps coming up that has to be dealt with. Sure feela like God is streeeetching me

Rae: Am I allowed to say on here that I'm starting to build a blog, and that I'm now on facebook? Can I add links to them or is that a no-no?

Fiona