Day 83: Operation HOPE...Will This Pain EVER End?

I've been quiet again.  Yes, I know.  There hasn't been any changes to report...unfortunately.  The new supplement, Arthoban, did not work AT ALL.  And, the last 2-3 days have been absolutely horrible.  The low grade headache that I've had for 3-4 weeks turned into a full blown headache...and the pain throughout my body has been unbearable.  I literally hurt from head to toe...and have this horrible tingling and burning sensation in my neck, shoulders and spine.  It's all so crazy to me.

I spoke to Dr. C. this afternoon.  The long and the short of it is that he now doesn't think this is an inflammatory issue.  The reason being because I've been on an anti-inflammatory diet for almost 3 months, and he's given me two pretty potent pain-blocker/anti-inflammatory supplements that should have done something by now...and they haven't.  He told me at one point that I'm a very interesting case, and is just as frustrated as I am with the lack of results.

In our conversation he asked me if I ever saw a neurologist and had a neurological work up.  I told him no.  All this time, I've been treated as if I had inflammatory and muscular issues.  No one ever suggested neurological.  Dr. C. said that based on the fact that everything I've done to try and reverse inflammation isn't working, he is leaning, now, more toward a neurological {central nervous system} issue.  So, with that, he's starting me on a high dose of 5-HTP {which I'll start tonight}, and then will help me find a neurologist that he can work alongside.

So...that's my story.  The plan right now is to continue with my nutrition plan; start the 5-HTP tonight; contact Dr. C. tomorrow to let him know how I'm feeling after taking the mega dose of 5-HTP; follow his instructions from there; wait for him to call me Monday with the name of a neurologist.

This journey is certainly not what I would have chosen for my life, but for some reason God has allowed me to walk this road.  I will continue to persevere through this...not by my strength {because I really have none} but by God's strength...in the hope that one day I can say "I have no pain"!