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Hello, I introduced myself in another part of the forum, somehow.
I am from Canada and I came here to ask for help. I was involved in a car accident, 2 and a half years ago.. as a result I had a neck injury (whiplash) with disc herniation, nerve damage, thoracic outlet syndrome, horrible burning sensations leaking from my neck down my shoulders, more right than left, my right arm and hand are always numb and painful to pressure, I feel that the quality of my life has decreased consistently and now I am dealing with a lot of pain (very low dose of meds) and I am feeling so sad and depressed lately. I cannot shake the pain away, is always there, sometimes my neck is so stiff I can barely move, I had 150 physiotherapies in 2 years, I do believe that although I have not improved, also not gotten worse just maintaining my ability to work and perform basic activities. I am also taking the pain steroid injections in my back, and neck. they help tremendously however last about 6 weeks and also cause the pain to move to the other untreated areas.. I am in so much pain that I have been entertaining thoughts of dying or not wanting to live like this.. I need help I am taking very low dose of meds I stretch exercise daily, I eat healthy I have chronic insomnia since the accident I also have chronic exhaustion, dysphagia, and breathing problems with a weezing coming out of my neck. specialists have brushed me off everybody seems to think that because it was a car accident, I have ulterior motives, my doctors are supportive only a couple of the specialists have been mean. because soft tissue injuries are hard to detect, I have been given a myriad of tests to rule out everything else. Some of the tests are brutal (like the barium swallow) and although the test showe a problem with the mobility of the esophagus and a the swallow being stuck in the neck without coming down from the neck, they told me that it was acid reflux, and brushed me off. I am sad and depressed, my doctor sent me to do another test (soft tissue neck ultrasound) but |
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