# What should i be talking about at my first neuro appointment **URL:** https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/what-should-i-be-talking-about-at-my-first-neuro-appointment/16549 **Category:** General **Created:** [July 2, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/what-should-i-be-talking-about-at-my-first-neuro-appointment/16549 "2024-07-02T10:03:44Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
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Good they’ll look at referring you, I hope that goes well… Re pain relief for vascular symptoms, sleeping with your head propped up (so with a wedge pillow or lots of pillows) can help with head pressure, & I found a V-shaped orthopaedic/ nuring pillow helped take the pressure off the sides of my neck. Heat or ice can sometimes help, and some members have found that taking an ani-coagulant helps, like Brilinta - there have been some discussions about this sort of medication you could have a read up on using the search function. Nerve pain is often an issue- there are medications which are good for this like Gabapentin or Amitriptyline for example (they’re anti-depressants or anti-convulsants which work well for nerve pain), if you’ve not tried anything like that then the Neurologist should be able to help you with that. One of our members @Lemontree , has had surgery with Thomas Milner in Scotland, although not sure where he is. It was intra-oral robotic surgery, she’s mentioned it in this discussion: [A year post op - new symptoms - General - Living with Eagle](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/a-year-post-op-new-symptoms/16835/13) You could send her a private message by clicking on her avatar if you want to find out more… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/what-should-i-be-talking-about-at-my-first-neuro-appointment/16549)._