Carlo Lingiardi: NEUROPATHIC PAIN

Sunday, October 05, 2014

NEUROPATHIC PAIN

My accident - followed by TBI with 2 months long in a coma - took place in October 2005 as I had just started my new dream-job in a great company in the presidential position I had been dreaming of, for dozens of years, as I had posted here before I'm no God (7/20) neither I'm an MD (3/2) BUT since I spend about 14 hours each day browsing the internet for answers to my questions (very many!) I am going to link here below the medication that I have been begging for about 6 years to be treated with and that I have been warned to never mention it again even as a possibility.

I must admit that my sole focus about this medication (Etanercept/Enbrel) has been in receiving it by perispinal injection (covered by US patent) and given that I remain firmly convinced that it will become the standard treatment for TBI cases, I'm not going to change any of my past posts in any way, in fact I link below my old posts simply to demonstrate that I wish that, as a patient, my very good and experienced doctors of many different specialties could have listened to their patient's suggestions, sometimes.

When I saw the other day my current neurologist I had the joy to hear him say that I could see a rheumatologist, who have been using Enbrel for several years already (even if not by perispinal administration).

However, I am now at the point that I would do anything to reduce my back (neuropathic) pain for the following 2 reasons:

I lost count of the (too) many attempts I have been doing over these many years (in pain)
I was told awhile ago by my dear physical trainer in Ventura that "my only reason not to walk on my own already is only due to the constant pain I always feel, no matter what I do or think"

I'm very much looking forward to the next several months, not only because I may finally receive the pain treatment I kept asking for, but also very much because this good neurologist advised for me to see a psychiatrist so that I can address in a constructive way my very many frustrations for my disabled conditions and feel free to share my innermost thoughts without the fear to be judged and at the same time finding a therapeutic outlet to my angers and frustrations that I cannot say I hope will eventually allow me to rejoin my dear family.

So stay tuned because it should not be surprising if I shall get back to work, to my family and to my international travelling.