I know that in the middle of the thoracic spine it can mimic heart problems, bandlike pain going around to the chest, and it can cause your arms to feel weak or have tingling sensations but:
Does this pain come and go throughout the day?
Does it feel better in the morning than any other part of the day?
Does it seem to be worse at night when laying on the stomach or when not being active?

Just trying to get an idea what others are experiencing with thoracic herniation. Thank you.

I have a pain that shoots down my right leg. The doctor said that it is my sciatic nerve and he recommended an MRI but my health insurance does not cover it or not the whole thing which costs over 2500.00 and I do not have that kind of money. Any suggestions?

I’ll be relaxing, and all of a sudden a sharp nerve pain hits my hand on my right side, and sometimes my hand on the left side. It’s like my nerves are going crazy. As anyone ever dealt with this, and what could it be?

Herpetic Neuralgia, are their any treatments for the nerve pain that accompanies herpes?
Thank you for your input, founddog.
Hey Zach, good to know your up to getting herpes in your mouth, on your tongue and in your throat. Good luck with that ; )

Nerve damage was done a few years prior to the neuropathy. Taking pain pills for the pain just isn’t getting it.

I recently went to the E.R. for severe neck pain. They took several x-rays while I was there, in those they found that I have an extra vertebrae, and one vert, that could have split into two. What its doing is pushing the vert. in my neck out to the right, thus the pain. I really haven’t found much out and haven’t seen my regular dr. cz he moved outta state.If any one who reads this has similar information please give me all the details. My mom and brother both have the same pain, the same bulge in our necks which makes me think that it is genentic.

besides the time when the entire congolese soccer team was killed by a bolt of lightning, what is your opinion?

I had my 3rd lumbar discectomy back in Nov. of 05 and have since had several MRI’s. The first was done 3 months after my surgery. In fact this was the first of any type of imaging after surgery and the surgeon isn’t the one who ordered it. ALL the MRI’s (even today) show "pseudomeningocele posteriorly at L4-5 related to prior laminotomy". Should this have been addressed by the surgeon and fixed? Is this dangerous that I still have this fluid leaking? And can it be causing pressure on my nerves? I appreciate and help!

My wife is in the most hardcore constant pain I’ve ever seen in my life. She has a pinched nerve in her neck. She is on some strong drugs that do little to nothing. I know about surgery and therapy, but I really want to know about the time to "naturally" heal if anyone has experienced this. I’m searching everywhere to get as much information as possible. Any info will help. Thank you.

I have a tint scar on my shoulder and mentioned it to my dermatologist, who then gave me a cortisone injection to reduce the scar/prevent it from expanding. The fluid immediately caused it to expand, but the dermatologist assured me that it would go down. Its been 3 days and the scar is harder, more swollen and is surrounded by what appears to be bruising and/or blood around surface. She is not willing to see me soon and I am concerned as the scar is now much more noticeable and red!!! Should I be concerned, or is it to soon to see a difference?

I have been on workers compensation for a while due to a back injury. My doctor has recently put me on permanent restrictions and the type of job I have this will not allow me to go back to work. What happens next? Do I need to get a lawyer or will worker’s compensation handle it. Where do I go from here?

Since I started college in the fall I have been getting sleep paralysis episodes. Some where I know I’m awake I just can’t move or open my eyes. Others when something is laying on top of me telling me its going to kill me and I can’t get away and I can’t move, open my eyes and breathing is difficult. Also, I even have ones where I can hear someone walking toward and into my room but I can’t move.

What are some effective ways to get rid of sleep paralysis?