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Hi teddy2, Just like your dad i have suffered with headaches for many years and have had all the tests and scans and tried different treatments, i have also had the needles in the neck and in my case what they were doing was numbing the nerve that runs up either side of your neck called the occipital nerve, this nerve is attatched to all the nerves that go up the side of your head and neck and send the pain signals to your brain and give you a headache if you numb the nerve it disrupts the signal and lowers the pain involved with your headache. At first the Doctors will numb the nerve to see if it helps and relief will only be for a short period of time, if it works the next thing that can be done if they can burn the nerve using radio frequency and this will give you relief for a much longer period of time this is called a rhizotomy, if i were you i would do a search on the net using some of the info i have given and hopefully get a better understanding of what i have told you...........best of luck and i hope that helps