Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon (Post 8739433)

You are a git bag - but we love you x

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 8739521)

We too often treat the symptoms and not the cause.

Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 8738920)

Has anyone had nerve damage (or helped someone with nerve pain) and found a treatment that actually works?

Ok, I know this is not really anything to do with Canada but I know a lot of you guys are medically trained, worldly and sooo helpful...

Since the accident I've had pain in my right arm (and neck, shoulders and right knee) but mainly the upper right arm. It just gets worse and worse during the course of the day, to the point where I'm pretty much writhing around in agony each evening.

My doctor has put me on a cocktail of naproxen, lyrica, diazepam and hydromorphone contin. I'm getting a mixture of ice and heat treatment at physiotherapy plus 15-30 mins on the TENS device as well as doing some gentle stretching exercises. The heat treatment today made my arm feel like I'd been carrying a 50lb weight for hours, in fact each time I've come out of physio recently I've felt worse than when I first went in :(

For the last few evenings (and this is the bit I'm a getting a little worried about), I've been having a few beers then gravol (only 1-2) just to get me off to sleep.

The arm mostly works but writing is still almost impossible. The doc called it "radial neuropraxia" (crushed nerve). He reckons it'll probably be there for three months.

Has anyone been through something like this and has been able to find a way of actually managing the pain? It seems crazy that I'm taking so many different drugs and treatments but, for the arm, they all seem ineffective.. and it's been three weeks since the crash.

Originally Posted by fraser46 (Post 8739361)

Maybe Acupuncture, it worked for my neck injury when the prescribed painkillers and physio had no effect.

Originally Posted by linz3112 (Post 8740199)

How's your Daughter? All better i hope!

Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 8740248)

She's doing great, just a couple of scrapes left and they're healing well. She's really enjoying her "celebrity" status, lots of hugs and attention everywhere she goes :)

For a week or so after the accident she had some major trust issues (probably caused by the IVs being forced on and off her :() but I think she's recovered from that now as well. Other than that she says she doesn't remember anything, her first memory after the crash was "the eye doctor poking my eye" - which was probably about 6 hours after they cut her out of the car.

Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 8740263)

There was some talk of getting me a TENS machine for home - I find it works as a good distraction. I didn't know you can wear it "all day" so that's something I'd like to try out.

Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 8740263)

Thanks for the replies everyone. I really don't like having to take all the drugs and the "benefit" they have is definitely questionable, I'll see how desperate I get over the weekend and take it from there.

There was some talk of getting me a TENS machine for home - I find it works as a good distraction. I didn't know you can wear it "all day" so that's something I'd like to try out.

Originally Posted by Merry (Post 8740554)

Another idea - I had a car accident several years ago and was in agony with nerve pain in my back. I had never felt pain like it so can sympathise - nothing seemed to work until I went to a chiropracter. I'd never thought of trying chiropractic but was totally desperate. I noticed an improvement within a few days and major improvement after only a couple of weeks - I'm was sceptical but it was amazing!! may be worth a try. Good luck - saw the pictures of your car and can't believe the injuries weren't much, much worse.

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 8741041)

I would NEVER go to a chiropractor, but apart from my personal disdain for them. IMHO sudden manipulation of an inflamed nerve is not a good idea. Rather like kicking a swollen ankle to see if it helps.

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 8741041)

I would NEVER go to a chiropractor, but apart from my personal disdain for them. IMHO sudden manipulation of an inflamed nerve is not a good idea. Rather like kicking a swollen ankle to see if it helps.

Originally Posted by Simon Legree (Post 8741162)

Well said Fled. I wouldn't go near one either.
They claim to be able to cure all manner of things. There is presently a libel suit going on in the UK where the Chiropractors' Union, or whatever they call themselves, is suing a journalist because he wrote that there was no scientific proof to support their claims of being able to cure all sorts of ailments, including childhood ones.