Nerve block

[Guest guest]

Hi guys,

Well I had my first sympathetic nerve block this morning. I wasn't

expecting it, but the doctor said, " Let's try it. " Man, that big

huge needle felt like a sword when he stuck me in the neck with it,

and then told me to keep my eyes open so he could see my pupils. I

think I ground down a few fillings! Odd thing, my blood pressure

went from 137/78 to 110/67 after the injection.

Anyway, the result was a complete relief of the nerve pain from the

lipomas in my right shoulder, arm, and wrist. Still have the

arthritis pain in those joints, but the burning, biting pain is gone

for now. Starting to come back after about 6 hours, but at least we

know that something helps. He seems to think that a series of

injections to cover arms and legs would work to totally eliminate

that pain. Don't I hope so! Well, I am no longer winking one red

droopy eye, and my voice is returning to normal--I sounded like

Arnold Schwarzenegger for awhile! But I don't earn his salary...

Time to go stir the chili and think about mixing up some cornbread.

You're all invited! Ron made his world-famous sugar cookies...

Peace,

Judi

[Guest guest]

Barb,

Remember I said I have the worse pain now and it happened right after an SI

joint injection.? Well I still think that for some reason when I had it in

this area, it irritated a nerve or something and I have a problem now I

didn't even have before and the pain is much worse than the sciatica I had

to begin with. My PT says that she has seen people get worse sometimes

after an injection, yet when I looked up for this kind of thing on the

internet, I couldn't find any information. Now on the paper listing side

effects, it does mention, nerve damage. And I get the feeling that the dr

is covering his ass and doesn't want to admit this could be the problem. I

wish that he would just be honest so I could have some idea what to

expect.is this now permanent? Will it resolve? How long to resolve? It

has now been 5 months and tho the pain is less it is still very much there

and I have to take percoset every day for that pain.

JP

Nerve Block

Hi all, I had a nerve block done near L5 on my left side on Wednesday.

I feel worse than ever. I even have great pain where there basically

was none, by my lower back on the left side and my (l. buttock)

piriformis is very bad.

Has anyone had a similar experience? I am so upset. The doctor said

give it time....I know I felt a little worse after an epidural but this

is way worse. I can't get comfortable. I was looking forward to the

block and I can't believe how much I hurt now.

Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks

Barbara

[Guest guest]

Over the years I've had most of the injections they ussually try.

My SI joint injections did nothing but terribly irritate things, the

pain lasted nearly three weeks.

Facet injections were of no help, but nothing but soreness from the

injections.

Epidural steiroid was of no help.

I've taken bi-lateral nerve root injections (under flouroscope) every

2 months for the past year.

The bi-laterals put me " back on my feet " the side effects after 1

year caused me to stop them.

The cortisoine always crystalized (google) for the first few days and

it made the pain a lot worse, the next 5 to 6 weeks was worth it.

My eyesight getting drastically worse, loose teeth, hair loss,

several different reasons made them no longer feasible.

Nothing, aside from opoids has ever relieved my low back pain, the

" catches " that buckle your knees, stiffness, spasms, ect.

My best friend is a heatpad.

thanks

Jeff

>

> Hi all, I had a nerve block done near L5 on my left side on

Wednesday.

> I feel worse than ever. I even have great pain where there

basically

> was none, by my lower back on the left side and my (l. buttock)

> piriformis is very bad.

> Has anyone had a similar experience? I am so upset. The doctor said

> give it time....I know I felt a little worse after an epidural but

this

> is way worse. I can't get comfortable. I was looking forward to the

> block and I can't believe how much I hurt now.

> Any advise would be appreciated.

> Thanks

> Barbara

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your response. Are you saying the cortisone in the shots gave you

the side effects that you mentioned? That is terrible. Sorry to hear that.

Is there no permanent surgery to help you?

One more question, what opoid drug are you taking? I'm wondering if one is

better than another.

Thanks again.

Barbara

jirvin63 <jeff_irvin@...> wrote:

Over the years I've had most of the injections they ussually try.

My SI joint injections did nothing but terribly irritate things, the

pain lasted nearly three weeks.

Facet injections were of no help, but nothing but soreness from the

injections.

Epidural steiroid was of no help.

I've taken bi-lateral nerve root injections (under flouroscope) every

2 months for the past year.

The bi-laterals put me " back on my feet " the side effects after 1

year caused me to stop them.

The cortisoine always crystalized (google) for the first few days and

it made the pain a lot worse, the next 5 to 6 weeks was worth it.

My eyesight getting drastically worse, loose teeth, hair loss,

several different reasons made them no longer feasible.

Nothing, aside from opoids has ever relieved my low back pain, the

" catches " that buckle your knees, stiffness, spasms, ect.

My best friend is a heatpad.

thanks

Jeff

>

> Hi all, I had a nerve block done near L5 on my left side on

Wednesday.

> I feel worse than ever. I even have great pain where there

basically

> was none, by my lower back on the left side and my (l. buttock)

> piriformis is very bad.

> Has anyone had a similar experience? I am so upset. The doctor said

> give it time....I know I felt a little worse after an epidural but

this

> is way worse. I can't get comfortable. I was looking forward to the

> block and I can't believe how much I hurt now.

> Any advise would be appreciated.

> Thanks

> Barbara

>