I hear from a friend about a plastic surgeon in the Midwest who has discovered a miracle cure for drug resistant migraine-like headaches.
Hmmm .... my "migraines" are drug resistant. I've been on two different migraine preventatives and neither has worked as well as expected. Typical migraine medications (triptans) like Imitrex and Zomig only intensify my headaches. And now my wonderful Fioricet can only bring me relief by making me drowsy enough to sleep through the pain. The headaches are caused by occipital neuropathy or occipital neuralgia.
I email the Midwest doctor for more information and start digging around on my own as well. I become quite convinced that it's possible this is the cause of all of my pain. But not just occipital neuralgia in my case - also trigeminal neuralgia.
I have no idea how I can afford to get out to see this doctor and so far my own searching has revealed no one in Utah who does this same treatment / surgery! I am getting quite distraught. I decide to ask my new Midwest doctor friend if he knows of anyone in Utah who could see me.
I've also been given the name and phone number of someone who is supposed to be a great headache specialist and neurologist in Salt Lake City if I chose to go that route again.
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