where to start.... the intial injury they said was tendonitis both arms. so pt was started with the mega burning pain i lived with both arms wrapped in ice starting in sept 2011. pt made exos braces for both arms the did night time elbow splints to keep arms straight. pain meds from sept 2011 to jan 2012 were hydro 5/500 1 or 2 every 4-6 hrs and motrin. then saw nurologist jan 2012 she need nerve conduction tests omg horrible i had a bruise from jan to june not good. she wanted to try gabapentin so we did that thru may. in beginning of may she added clonidine to the mix that wasnt good i became very suicidal still in huge pain in june i saw a pm dr the same one i see for my back. he thinkss meds can control some pain could do the block but fears it may come back into left arm if he did so not a good choice. also saw a dr for prosthctics he made bio sleeves for me....good choice. one most days i can wear the sleeve and it keeps arm warm and all. went to missouri end of july into august. very lil pain took pain meds for drive down n back nothing else. been on and off predisone since june. gained 40 lbs on this. not good with back injury. use lidocaine ointment as neded now and taking 9mg predisone and 5/500 hydro as needed and have back up flexeril but nothing really workd takes edge off is all if it even does that. for give this spelling one handed isnt easy

I now more than ever see the need in finding a great pain mgmt doctor. I was very lucky when my ortho doctor gave me a referral to my pain doctor who is an anesthesiologist. He seems to me to be on top of everything, and after my nerve blocks he reminds me that one of the office dr,s will be on call alll night. And the next day one of the nurses always calls me to check in with me and see how I am feeling. If anyone needs a doctor in central florida let me know.

Bye, kim