RE: Question about nerve blocks

[Guest guest]

Yes Di for the first 24-48 hours my back hurt more. I used the heating pad

and a bit more pain medicine. I was told to expect it to hurt because as you

mentioned the corticosteroid was a bit irritating to the area that was

inflammed.

I hope your depression lifts soon.

Kaylene

Di said:

>I have a question about nerve blocks - has anyone else had their pain

>worsened by one?

>Thanks for any info,

>Di

>in Vancouver, B.C., Canada

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hey Di,

....same thing for an inguinal (sp?) nerve block (on the other side of

the lower back if my spelling is too off). My docs said to expect an

increase in pain even more loss of feeling in legs before final

affect.

Hope it works wonders for you.

3 Cheers,

Alan

Raleigh, NC

Kaylene Goyette wrote:

>

> Yes Di for the first 24-48 hours my back hurt more. I used the

> heating pad and a bit more pain medicine. I was told to expect it to hurt

> because .....<snip>

> Di said:

>

> >I have a question about nerve blocks - has anyone else had their

> painworsened by one?

>

> <snip>

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane!

I have been getting nerve blocks of various types since 1982 with varying

responses. In the early years I noticed that my pain worsened and after a

couple weeks it would set in and give me the relief I need.

Q: What kind of nerve block did they give you? Where is your pain located?

After years of experimenting, they finally settled on the fact that just

plain steroid epidurals worked the best for me. Epidurals are just a single

membrane different from a spinal block, which tend to give the " spinal

headache. " The epidural avoids this side effect, although are more

difficult to do.

I think trigger point injections are the worst. They tend to try those

every occasionally, but they really don't work for me, while I've heard that

other people get a good result from them.

Putting ice packs on the injection sites will probably help (they have for

me), and are worth a try. Medicating yourself to get over this initial

exacerbation is fine in my mind. Next time you see your doctor, ask if

there is another kind of block he can do for your type of pain. It may not

be the kind of block that helps you, but there are other kinds of blocks

they can do, in most cases.

Hope this helps!

Lois (an RN in PA)

Grace grows best in winter ~ Rutherford

[Guest guest]

Hi Di,

Actually when I've had nerve blocks done there have been times when my pain

got significantly worse. I was told it is not that uncommon to get worse

before it gets better. Alas, there have been a few times when the nerve and

area

surrounding the nerve were so inflamed by the procedure that it really never

got better. I was told by my PM doctor that these blocks are given in sets of 3

to really be beneficial. Sometimes they work for me and sometimes they

don't. I've never really gotten the results I wanted tho.

Maybe I set my goals too high? I don't know. I hope your pain gets better

each day.

Your friend,

Kathleen in Calif.