Yet again i have had to start the day with an early morning wake up call from the beast at 2.30am this time with another attack stronger than i have ever experienced before. Not only my head was in pain but also my back. Right down to the bottom of the spine and over the top of the head behind the eye. It seems that what ever nerve is playing up in the back it is setting off the nerve in the head and causing me to have lots more attacks.I think it is the sciatic nerve that is playing up and that's what i can feel up my back like a line straight up just slightly to the side of the spine on the left. This runs from the neck down into the bum and the pain is like nothing else i have experienced.
I have my scan on Friday so hopefully they will see what nerve is causing all the problems with the back. The last few weeks it has really been bad and the amount of attacks i am getting is no joke. I have had up to 11 attacks in one day last week and they just keep on coming. I don’t want to increase the Pregabilin tablets as i end up with really bad side effects, wind and kidney pains all the time. The side effects got so bad at one point i was so constipated i had to have an enema and that's not something you really want. I have never felt so embarrassed in my life. The trouble is if i don't increase the medication am i going to continue to get loads of attacks every day or will it settle out as the warmer weather approaches? I just don;t know what to do, i feel lost.
I cant continue with these attacks as it draining my strength fast and i am really not sure how much more punishment my body can take. The pain is so strong within 10 minuets i am screaming and pleading for death to come and put me out of my misery. As i roll about on the floor i am rubbing my head furiously so to make friction against the skin. This seems to help me manage the pain level and ease it slightly but i still can’t handle the pain no matter what i try. It’s pointless taking pain killers as it doesn’t even touch the pain. OK i agree it takes the edge off the back pain but it doesn’t even come close to the head pain and just ends up making me feel sick.
I think i am going to have to ring the doctors at lunch time and ask to speak with the doctor and explain what's going on as there is no way i will get to the surgery. By the time i have taken a few steps the back is off in pain again and then an attack starts to build. Its going to bad enough getting to the hospital on Friday for my scan as i am going up on the early morning bus. Thankfully i will have someone with me just in case i have an attack and will have to save some injections so i can have them for the journey there and back. I can just imagine having an attack whilst inside the scanning tunnel, oh what a night mare!
