I'm so sorry. With the pain decrease did you maybe do anything else that may have caused the flare? I know that it's fairly normal when we FINALLY find something that relieves the pain that we figure we can just go back to normal and then immediately have a flare (which can be swelling) because we did too much. I know you said you have difficulty eating...did you maybe try to eat something that you wouldn't have been able to if the pain weren't reduced? Just trying to offer hope that maybe it wasn't the neurontin.

There are other options though like Lyrica, Cymbalta, etc that might be helpful that the doctor could start you on. Everyone has different reactions to different meds so if neurontin isn't the one for you then maybe another one will be. Stay positive...hope they get back to you soon.