Pain down right side after 9 months

Posted By Dave on January 18, 1999 at 10:48:18:







I hope there's an answer! In April of 1998 I went to get some routine dental
work done, and found that I required a root canal, which I assented to.
Almost immediately after the procedure, I started experiencing excrutiating
pain in that tooth, which seemed to inflame the entire right side of my face.
It was so bad I wanted to be knocked out and have it removed on site.
However, since I'm 23 all doctors advised me against removal and assured me
that within a month the pain would subside. Well, the pain became so bad
twice that I went to the emergency room because I couldn't take it, and they
gave me Percocet, Which I ended up being on for about two months. During this
time period, I started feeling a burning pain sensation "creeping" down my
arm and my leg, as well as the already established pain in my face, eye,
saggital plan, which led to a facial tic that I have to this day. But as this
pain started creeping down my extremities, I found it more and more difficult
to move my hand and my foot, writing was very difficult, I had trouble
holding the pen. Gradually, the excruciating pain gave way to a lesser pain,
and I was moved off of Percocet down to Hydrocodone, Then just OTC pain
relievers. I'm not lying prostrate in pain anymore, but I still have a
constant, low level pain that's down the right side of my body. When I sigh
or yawn or exhale deeply, I feel "bolts" of pain race down my right arm until
it 'hits' at the tips of the fingers. I also experience a phenomenon when I
hold my computer mouse, where my right hand will get 'cold shots' all over
the top of my hand when surrounding the mouse. There seem to be pain focal
points at the top of my spine and the bottom, and I feel the pain connected
and start to run down what feels like the center of my leg and arm where the
limb is subumerged in a burning sensation. Anyone know what this is, how it
came about, and the cure?Any answers appreciated,Dave Canova,
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