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Recently diagnosed with Radiculopathy

Recently diagnosed with Radiculopathy

Hi, I'm new here. I found this forum and thought I would give it a shot. I have chronic pain due to what my DR says is Radiculopathy (which he said is a fancy term for pinched nerve). I have this in my neck and the pain radiates down my arm, making my arm/hand tingly sometimes. The pain is pretty bad right now, in fact I can barely turn my neck right now and it sorta feels like I have a knot in my neck. I have low back pain as well that comes and goes.
I am scheduled for an MRI on Thur to see if possibly I need surgery. My DR has me on pain medication which has been helping up until the past few weeks. I've had to take more pills to get pain relief and I am getting concerned about that. If anyone has any advice or tips to help deal with the pain please let me know. Thanks!
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