Can't move my neck!

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I haven't posted in a quite a long time so many of you may not remember me,

but I need help! I was decompressed back on Jan 26th by Dr. Heffez and have

slowly been improving. I've had my share of ups and downs, but I can tell a

definite difference in all of my symptoms since surgery.

Two night ago, I woke up during the night with some muscle pain in the right

side of my neck. I put on my cervical collar thinking that I must have just

been sleeping on it wrong. When I woke up yesterday morning, it was still

hurting, so I took off my collar and started doing some slow, gentle neck

stretches. Every time I moved my head I heard this grinding noise! A few

seconds later, the right side of my head, neck, and shoulder were in

excruciating pain. I couldn't move. It was paralyzing.

I haven't felt that type of pain since surgery, but this time, there wasn't

any morphine! :-( All day yesterday I iced my neck and shoulder, and took

Flexeril and Vicodin, all of which helped to an extent. I did finally get the

pain under control enough so that it wasn't hurting as badly if I just held

still.

I apologize for this being so long, but I wanted to make sure that I had

explained what had happened clearly enough so that maybe someone out there might

have a clue to what's going on. My mom is forcing me to call Dr. Heffez as soon

as his office opens this morning. Under any other circumstance, I would just

wait it out, but Sunday morning, I leave for 3 months to tour with a musical

group. Yikes!

This morning it is better, but my range of motion is extremely limited and

if I push it past the comfortable point, it feels like my muscles are pulling on

that side, and it's extremely painful! I don't have time for this, I can barely

move my head! Does anyone have a clue to what's going on? Please help! Thanks

so much everyone.

Hugs! (very gentle ones!),

R.

ACM 1 5mm

decompression 1/26/00 by Dr. Heffez and riding the rollarcoaster!

Age 18 in Texas

" Humanly speaking, we know that no one likes to suffer physically. But I

know that if the Lord leads me into it, He will give me the strength to

survive it. "

Pastor Li De Xion