Occipital Neuralgia Surgery
Hello Friends!!!! I'm back with another blog post and forgive my delay in my writings. I've been recuperating from occipital nerve decompression surgery. So today, I want to spend some time sharing what I've learned about the trauma to my occipital region that significantly impacted my overall functioning, what treatment options I've tried, and why surgery was my last and best option for relief. Nervous about my initial consult I was a front seat passenger riding with my friend when we were rear ended. It was a quick, loud, but very powerful force that sifted through my whole body. As my body rocked forward, it slammed back with even more force and unfortunately for me, my head took a serious blow onto the headrest. My occipital region was impacted as well as my frontal region and some of the areas that affect motor and speech. You could say my entire brain just shifted back and forth. At that time, I didn't know what would be...