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Sunday, August 03, 2025

My Head Hurt

My head hurt, a lot.  Truth be told, this was worse than a migraine.

What Was the cause of this blinding pain in the back of my head?  Take your pick:

Degenerative disc disease

Rheumatoid arthritis

Osteoarthritis

Bulging/herniated neck discs

Valley fever

Jaw surgeries

Last, all of them together

Okay, it had been going on for months.  But now it was making focusing a challenge.  I googled it.  

Occipital neuralgia.  Messaged my physical medicine doctor. He had me make the 45 mile trip to not just confirm, but to give me a "nice" big syringe full of lidocaine to the offended point of beginning.

It was not a pleasant experience, but less painful than when he injects my knees.

Within a few minutes I could open my eyes!  By the time I was allowed to leave,  the pain level was about 90% better!

Whoever made the statement about getting old is not for sissies, knew what they were talking about.  

# posted by Carine-what's cooking? @ 8:55 AM 0 comments

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