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Yep. My friend suffered headaches and a host of other symptoms, not the least of which was short term memory problems. He did his own research and was finally able to get the doctors (pushing uphill against worker's comp) to run a scan. Everyone looked at the X-ray and said there's nothing wrong with you--then they got him off the table he'd been stretched out on and compressed the disks again...

This has been a couple of decades ago when he was injured, and the 'back injury' was commonly used to try and scam for cash and drugs, and CT scans and MRIs were not nearly as common as today. Compound that with an injury that manifests itself when the spine is in compression and 'goes away' when the spine is in tension, and he had a heck of a time even convincing his doctors anything was wrong.

Once one writes something on the order of 'either this guy is tying to pull a fast one or he's a mental case' in the folder, you're going to have a hell of a time.

As I am sure you know, changes in CS fluid pressure from the protruding bit of disk innards popping in and out of the cord canal (compression vs. tension) can cause a wide range of neurological symptoms, not the least of which can be debilitating headaches. (I'm posting this in case someone else has suffered a compressional injury which has yet to be diagnosed, too.)

The guy went through hell, and I doubt Obamacare is going to be any better.

My heart goes out to you, FRiend, and I hope you can find a physician capable of getting you some relief.