Wow Owen - I commend you for your attn to detail. I don't have the same pain as you, but mine happened with an accident and has been 24/7 for almost 4 yrs. One word of advice: Take your "journal" to each provider. Search until you find a family physician who will be your advocate. One helpful thing for me: I'd do a short version of medical HX, failed TX and current meds. I'd give this info to anybody and everybody who was seeing me for the first time. My trigeminal nerve was damaged (facial nerve). From what I can understand you have a very narrow window of opportunity to "fix the problem". If you don't it becomes a chronic problem. Good luck and God bless. Janet