Yeah, but here's the deal. Dave is an interventional cardiologist, not a nerve, spine or pain expert, and he above all believes over-the-Internet diagnoses are foolish things to seek or provide. We do have a wonderful, degreed pain-management expert here, who asked some medication questions above and made a recommendation to Gandalf to see a particular type of specialist. But FakeBoobsRule is practically half a continent away from Gandalf, and he, too, recognizes that it's folly to attempt Internet diagnoses. Any medical professional with good sense and good ethics does.

I'm going to close this thread for the safety of everyone involved.