My Boyfriend went through the same thing last July. He has been getting along fairly well, still a lot of pain tho. He's on a fentanly patch, Ibuprofen, hydrocodone and lidocaine. None of it seems to help much - about every three hours he's in agony again. About three weeks ago the right side of his face started swelling - he was put on prednizone and given an antibiotic for 5 days, I believe it was cephalexin. His face is still swollen, red, the skin has gotten hard and nobody seems to think it's a big deal except us. We're wondering if it isn't cellulitis. The pain is ridiculous . I'm so frustrated and think he should be on more antibiotics, I think there is an infection somewhere going on. Has anyone else gone through this??