You may be able to make a case with an airline for being able to travel lying down - as Vickie said, planes can accomodate stretchers (and in some cases, reclining wheelchairs and such) - but I...
Hi kadakada, I've never come across it being used in a clinical contex - and thanks to my computer dying I'm posting from tablet (which I find it much harder to search from) - but I know one of the...
Sunny - it is correct that you cannot shower during the trial - it is sink/sponge bath only as your trial leads are connected to an external stim unit. They'll often give you a bag/carry case thing...
Welcome Nathan & Sasha. I don't post much these days, but you being an Aussie caught my eye. I'm not sure we have teaching hosptials in the manner that the U.S. does - but depending on where you are...
Hang in there & hope your appt comes round quick. Hope you're managing to stay cool in the worst of this heat....
Hey Rob, I don't check in here much these days but happened in just now and noticed your post. I've got "full body" CRPS - though worse in my legs & feet than anywhere else. Splints are kind of...
Welcome Patty Laura...
Pitmom, using tennis balls in my house is easier said than done! I use them (or try to, lol) quite often for my glute and piriformis issues - but my labrador thinks they exist purely for her...
Thanks cogito...don't think it's sinus - dr did ask about that - but although some pain is around my eye, it's a different (had chronic sinusitis as a kid - so know what it feels like when I get it)...
Hi Nicole, also welcoming you. The others who've popped in so far have given some great advice. have you got a counsellor or someone you can talk to in a less formal sense? Are there other areas of...
Thanks weasel. Glad to know it's helped you at least short term. The pt I have in mind is someone that my own has specifically recommended & deals mainly with neck/spinal issues, so I've no worries...
Hi folks, Has been a wee while since I've been around properly. I know a fair few of you deal with different neck and head pain issues and hoping I might be able to pick some brains. I have a history...
Hi Char. I have intermittant problems with blepharitis - now far less frequent than it was thanks to the nightly routine my ophthalmologist got me onto. Before that I'd end up with one or both...
Leila, that's great about your Dad being home. Both those side effects, particularly the tingling hands, are very common with Topiramate. But do keep a watch (pardon the pun) on the vision...
Diagnostic & assessment protocols are fairly universal, even though our treatment protocols vary...that comment is based on papers I've read, a few US & UK based doctors and probably a hundred or...