u/PurpleImpress9992

I’ve had it where, several times now, my headache gets so bad I have to vomit. It’s so unbearable and there’s nothing to do to get it to stop. It feels like someone is literally pressing into every facial bone with bricks or squeezing my head in a metal clamp. I sometimes feel dramatic when I describe it like that but it’s truly unmanageable. Does anyone else feel like that or know what to do when it gets like that?

Ice is usually the only thing that offers small amounts of relief. I have several types of ice packs to help with the pain - like eye mask ice packs, ones that will wrap around my neck/shoulders and some for the base of my skull.

My appointment with my neurosurgeon is finally coming up in a couple weeks. He specializes in chiari malformations but I’m looking for some pointers. You know sometimes you don’t know the right questions to ask until after the fact, so I was wondering if anybody has advice for what I should ask about in terms of procedure for the decompression surgery itself and if it’s worth asking about suture techniques for the healing of the scar or any other thoughts you might have.