Ken! Core post-stroke pain? I think it's CENTRAL POST STROKE PAIN --

Try Googling Central Post Stroke Pain, you'll find things like this:

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474442209701760/abstract?rss=yes

Trying to help,

Rachel whose husband (2 hemorrhagic strokes 2009) does not have it.

thank you I will try that

Ken, I had it at the beginning. My doctor said most stroke victims end up with it.My doctor referred me to a Orthopedic clinic. That doctor ordered me to get x-rayed of my shoulders. Orthopedic doctor read the xrays and said my shoulder socket was out, inflamed. He gave me cortisone shots. Right then and I only had to go back one more time for shots and the pain was gone. :Clap-Hands:

remembertolaugh, Jeanniebean :cocktail:

Indeed I do know and I believe it is Central pain some have called it Neuropathy its awful I Chris DeWald wrote an article regarding it I have tried everything and I believe Steve Mallory has suffered from it as well You are in my best thoughts and prayers this is the most heinous thing it truly is there is little relief that is certain I am going to pursue a surgical option once I am at a point in my life that this could be a viable option Karen

PS I believe it is also called Thalamic pain That is because in nearly all that have it the Thalamus was affected, Karen

No, I have not Ken, I been to a pain mgmt clinic run by pain treatment doctors and that worked pretty good and a long while. You eventually get back on the medication however! It's a give and take situation.

I think like mind over matter. If it don't hurt it don't matter, I just don't know how it works on the body or mind but it really does! What ever it is, mine is slowly returning and I figure mostly because of my knees and shoulder, so my mind is stayed on pain today!

My doctor thinks that I may be experiencing a bit of this myself, especially because I have burning pain in my right arm and leg (the affected side). Try this link. It does a pretty good job of explaining what is going on and what can be done about it.

http://www.painclinic.org/nervepain-centralpoststrokepain.htm

Ken: Every stroke and every recovery is different. I had core pain for a year or so after I stroked. Now I have what I call neuropathy in both legs below the knees. Sometimes it is more bothersome than other times. I've tried everything and the only thing that works when it gets bad is, like Fred, pain meds. I don't take many or even every day anymore so at least my head is clearer. I have come to the conclusion that I just have to live with it and for that I am not happy (almost 5 yrs post stroke).