I had just started a taper with my primary doctor when everything went bust avisg. So now I'm back on the same meds I had prior to surgery. Rather disappointed here. But boy, if I thought I had pain before, I was mistaken. When it goes into flairups now, getting off my feet is the only way to get it to reverse..The lyrica nor the pain meds have any effect on it when it hits that level..And it appears I'm starting to get the same type of morning hangover from the lyrica that I was getting from the gabapentin so I think I'll be putting that down soon too..Makes it real hard to get up and going not to mention oversleeping.
I did get 2 very informative comments in the pain management forum though. Since my surgeon is on vacation I am waiting on my other doctor to get back with me and give me his thoughts. He has the films of both MRI's I have had done in the past couple of months so I want to see what thoughts he has before deciding what to do here...Whatever this injection is, from what they said over in the other forum, its a little involved but not too terribly bad....David
So sorry to hear of your issues. I can;t help with your question but sure hope it all works out for you. I just wanted to jump in and say hey - 39 days for me now and counting.
I am glad you have some info that you can check out....Hope you are having a good night.
yes for some they can be very helpful. Were you still on the pain meds from the surgery or had you gone off ?
Evening Sara,,yes, I got a couple so far..I need some quiet time though to take my time and read thur the material I have been pointed toward...A little at a time :)
Did you get any responses on the other forums?
Thanks friend..I told his nurse I was going to think on this a couple days..I'd like to discuss it with him, but he's out for vacation..The next best thing is asking for feedback here..Thanks again,,David
The nerve pain block might help, but be careful if they use cortisone. If you do have to go back in for surgery, cortisone hinders the healing process!
I'll give it a shot..Thanks dear :)
Hi,
I think you would get more responses if you posted in the back community or the pain mngt community. But you may get someone here that is familiar. I had several epidural injections but that is different.
Best of luck and I hope you find relief from the pain.