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Originally Posted by 4blackbears
Hello. I am new. I have a question. Has anyone have the occipital neuralgia sugery? I have occipital neuralgia and am on medication. they don't seem to be working, I have had the botox done.It don't help me. I am looking into cutting the nerve. has any one have that done and what is the side effects?
please help
thanks
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My husband has had o.c. for fourteen years .He has had the nerve stripped,severed and now he has a peripheral nerve stimulator,which doesn't do much good either. By severing the nerve, more scar tissue will form which in turn will squeeze the nerve even more creating more pain.They have stopped doing this procedure in Canada as it is proven it only increases the pain. The patient develops "phantom pain" which is like losing your arm but the pain still exists. The pain still tries to travel along the nerve but when it reaches the severed part it just hits the end of the nerve trying to complete it's path. The pain is worse than it ever was before.