OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Fremont mother says a medication, traditionally used as a general anesthetic, has dramatically improved her chronic pain and mental health.

Elanor Koch’s life unraveled when doctors found a tumor on her cervical spine in 2020. “It had eroded away and condensed my spinal cord over 60%,” said Koch.

Following neck fusion surgery, she was left with neuropathy, myelopathy and had to relearn some motor skills, such as walking and using her left arm.

After all of that, Koch said she still had debilitating pain, with flares that would make it hard for her to get out of bed for days at a time.

“It’s exhausting and a very defeating feeling, like you already wake up tired. You’re not sleeping because of pain, you’re not participating in your children’s lives, or giving 100%

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