Day 6 had me at physical medicine and rehab. All things considered it went well. He pulled up my neck MRI and he was able to tell me that the reason my neck bones are straight instead of in a curve is because of muscle spasms. He was also able to tell me that pain and tingling in the hands and arms can also come as a result of muscle spasms. He is pretty sure that with some physical therapy, education and exercises I can improve the neck pain and spasm episodes.
Obviously I won't be getting the prescribed physical therapy from Mayo so he was able to at least provide some directions for finding a good physical therapist out in Virginia. Sounds like it will still be a bit of a hunt initially.
I'm relieved to have a plan of action for at least one of the issues involved in my pain story. Feels like so much of my time here has been centered around the lack of timely access to a jaw specialist. For that reason today felt more productive than the others.
I also had a short conversation with him about THE doc who I can't see about my jaw. He basically said the same annoying thing that everyone else has - "oh yeah, he's the guy."
