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Well I went to the Mayo Clinic today. It turned out to be an all day thing. I got there at 7:15am and left about 2:30pm. I saw Dr. Kevin Reid. He was pretty nice. He listened to everything I said, he came up with a game plan, and he told some jokes. He wanted to get some tests done before we try much. He said he wanted to know what exactly needs to be done.

I got an EMG done on my face. The doctor thinks I may have some nerve damage among other things and he wants to see how much there may be. That was NOT the highlight of my visit. I went in and they sent some electric shocks into my face to see response to stimulis. That seemed to go okay. After that a different guy stuck a needle into my face in a muscle. That was painful. Really, really painful. After I left there I went back to Dr. Reid's office and asked if he could give me anything for the pain that the EMG caused. He sat down again with me and took time to talk again and gave me a perscription for a muscle relaxant and a pain reliever. Let me say that so far I have been impressed with Dr. Reid.

So now I need to go back to the Mayo Clinic on November 13th for more tests. I have to meet with the physical therapist, get an MRI, try acupuncture, and get a Nero CT. After that I meet with the surgical team and Dr. Reid on December 7th.

In the meantime I will be taking a new drug named Nortriptyline for nero pian. Hopefully it helps! I am definately optamistic right now. I feel like I have a plan, that something is being done other than people saying, "I don't know".