I'm pretty much letting this blog go. I have moved over to this one: http://justshyofcrazy.blogspot.com

I kind of decided to take my blogging on a new path, and felt a newer blog was the way to go.

So, here's where things stand...

Back at the end of October I had the nerves burned off my neck. That gave me some relief from my headaches, not gone but not nearly as bad. My sinus infections continued to rage on however, so at the beginning of February I had surgery to open them up and allow for better drainage. The first few weeks after the surgery were not as easy peasy as I had thought they would be. Facial pain and just did not feel good. But here we are 5 weeks out and my sinus' are so much better! This has also at least gotten rid of the sinus headaches. So yay, one type of headache gone. However the main headache the one where everything hurts, even my hair is still there. In January I went to see my Ortho doctor thinking that the nerves were already growing back. When I explained the headache to him, he said it sounds like your occipital nerve. He touched a spot on the back of my head, just at the base of my skull, and wham the pain was instantly worse. He gave me a steroid shot at that spot of my head and within an hour the pain was so much better! Not gone but almost something I could learn to live with. However the effects of the shot began wearing off just over a week later. Three weeks after the first shot I had another one, that one lasted about a week as well. I haven't gone back in for another one because I can only have three in a six month period, plus if the effects only last for a week whats the point? My family doctor feels I am still having a lot of tension in my neck and if we can get that under control it will help with the occipital neuralgia. So here are all the diagnosis that I have gotten since this all began on March 30:

Chronic Sinusitis
Hypothyroidism
Migraines
Tension Headaches
Occipital Neuralgia

Add that all in with my clinical depression and insomnia, and it's no wonder I couldn't even function most of last year! So while I have yet to go a day without a headache since March 30, 2014, at least I know what is causing them and ways to try and calm them down. It's not a pain free life, but I have doctors I trust and that makes a huge difference in how I am dealing with this mentally.