18 months ago I had a bad accident at work. Broken femur in two places,crushed pelvis requiring metal plate to bolt it back together, punctured lung, 8 broken ribs, fractured lower back, torn rotator cuff, large gash on head and knocked out. Six weeks later I went to ER with massive blood clots from ankles to a IVC they had installed after my surgeries. I was non weight bearing, inactive with no blood thinner given which was the cause of clots. The ER put me on a strong blood thinner immediately. They did the clot busting procedure for 72 hours which they said got rid of 80-90 % of them.
Now 18 months later I still suffer from chronic neck pain and pain on back of head when I lie on pillow. I have had this pain from the very start of my injury. I had radio frequency ablation on both sides of neck which only helped ROM of neck to one side. No help in pain.The doctors recently gave me an MRI of the neck and head and said my pains are from age related arthritis ( I'm 66 years old) and no damage to neck from the work injury. The day before the accident I did NOT have any pains at all and I DID have 100 % Range Of Motion in neck. They are prescribing tons of pain killers to relieve symptoms. The pain Meds are making me dizzy when laying down, getting up, or if I had been sitting for awhile. I'm also using ice and heat to help with pain. Today I start EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS between the T1 and C7 vertebrae. Maybe this will finally help my pain.
Is it possible after looking at the above information, this neck and head pain is only age related arthritis.
Has anyone ever dealt with a problem like this ?????
Hoping to be pain free