Last Week

7/10/15 -- I apologize for not making any entries over the last week; last week was a busy week for me and therefore just didn't have time to make any entries into my blog.  
  Last week was VBS [Vacation Bible School] and a short work week for me, of which I wasn't too thrilled with.  The first 3 days of the week I took the young man that I take care of in for VBS and I stayed to help then we would return to Brodhead.  I had Thursday and Friday off because my boss was getting ready for a "show" during particular weekend "thing" in his hometown.  Thursday, I had an appt. with a different Neurologist for a second opinion on my headache, in the bigger city about an hour from where I live.  I have been to this clinic before for some testing on my hands for carpal tunnel issues a couple years ago.
   This young lady Physician's assistant, headache specialist for the neurologists in this clinic.  She had looked at my MRI and CT scan, we talked, then she examined me, then we talked again.  Her Diagnosis is; this headache is completely stress related.  I asked her to explain what happened in Sept. that I ended up in the ER.  So, she did - by saying that because I have a history of migraine headaches and carrying stress in my neck plus when she examined me she noticed that my neck was extremely tight.  She told me that the cause my trip to ER was a result of accumulated stress that just "exploded" [in my head-the nerve that my original Neurologist did a nerve block after the er}  She decided and I agreed to going along with her because I want get off this one medication.  So, She recommended tapering off the Topamax (the medication that I didn't like being on anyway and really wasn't working anyway, very well.) She is gradually working me onto Gabepentin, and different daily pain medication that won't work against my anti-depressant that I am already on.  Plus, she recommends Physical Therapy to work on my neck and relieve the tightness which is part of the stress relation issue.  I also think that the stretches that the Physician's Assistant want them to show me will most likely help me to relieve stress in my neck in the long run.  My goal is to not have to take daily pain medication because of the headache not completely going away.  So, I will see, the Physical Therapy starts tomorrow.