DIL has been on a cocktail of Gabapentin, Amitriptyline, Co-codamol Extra strong and one other, which I can't remember for months now because of the slipped disc high up in her neck. She has been waiting to see a surgeon at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Glasgow for months. A few months ago, she did see a consultant at that hospital and was told that her condition was serious and dangerous so she would have to stop doing anything involving much movement because there was pressure on her spinal cord. That just wasn't possible although Alistair did as much as he could to do much of her work for her, she still had to get on with her life, not knowing when anything would be done for her - other than give her drugs.
She is currently stuck on the mainland due to the weather which has completely cut us off, on her way back from Glasgow again, having finally seen the surgeon who told her he had never seen anyone in such a serious condition as hers who was still able to walk. Without those drugs she wouldn't be able to. She took a picture of the scan and sent it to Alistair and it looks truly alarming with a very distinct bend in her spine just at the base of her neck where the disc has pushed out to one side and tipped the bones above it to the right at what looks like about 30 degrees from the vertical.
The surgeon did the pre-op assessment while she was there and told her she would be given an operation date before the end of the year. It is, apparently, a very risky procedure which could paralyse her from the neck down but, at the same time, if it is left, the same thing could result. After she recovers from the surgery, she will then have to figure out how to get off of all the drugs.
