Re: Mom Tommie Trigger Point Injections

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Thanks Mom,

Wow you had a horrible experience. That doctor was a jerk if you ask me. Gosh

girl, I would have kicked him right where it counts. lol Just a reflex if you

know what I mean. lol And then would have told him so!! <eg>

I'm going to make an appointment Monday, I've lived with this pain as long as I

want to. Hopefully the shots will be successful and I won't have to deal with

this pain for a while. It gets so bad that the opiates don't even faze the pain.

I've taken some pretty strong stuff today and I tell ya, the pain has been so

bad, I'd sure hate to feel it without any drugs on board. I just can't imagine

how bad it would be, considering how bad it is on all the pain meds. He

increased my Morphine Sulfate to 190mg 3 x's per day, yesterday. It's helping a

bit more, but the pain has just been unreal. I've taken extra of the MSIR today

too and Zanaflex (muscle relaxer) and still having some pain. Not horrible, but

still there. I think I've gotten it down to about a 4-5, instead of my normal

2-3 I usually keep it at. It's the weather causing this. Today and the next two

days the temps are in the 70's, come Monday high's in the daytime are in the low

to upper 40's, HUGE drop, big cold front coming through and of course we have

rain, freezing rain and some snow coming with it. So this will be a doozy. lol

Hugs,

~Tommie

Re: Tommie Trigger Point Injections

I had them once. The pain doc was a bit ham handed

and grabbing them the way he did sent me to the roof

and got the hefty nurse there to hold me still.

The injections didn't hurt. Didn't even notice them

cause the stupid trigger points he grabbed over

powered anything else that hurt.

For me it's not practical. If you get rid of pain a,

b, and c....and m, n, o, p and q hurt so bad...waste

of my time and the docs. I have joint degeneration

and myofacial spasms responsive ONLY to an opiate.

This part is not to my advantage unless the doctor

understands the use of an opiate against this type of

spasm that does not respond to muscle relaxants.

Anyway...I don't know if they helped. I do know that

NO ONE WILL EVER GRAB ONE AGAIN ON MY BACK! Those

suckers huuurrrrrt.

Not all doctors are hard handed and do not hurt you

the way this guy did. So don't let my experience

decide anything for you. Some people are helped by

the injections and the needle is very tiny. Insulin

sized. Hope it works for you.

Trigger points...myofacial. Tender points,

fibromyalgia.

I told my doctor I don't want to go thru all that

stuff anyway. Just use the current treatment as it's

the best so far, and not cause anymore pain or

expense. If it's working...don't mess with it.

I'm used to what we do now and have done exactely the

same thing for about 7 years with the exception of

some shots in my shoulder joints due the degeneration

and whatever we feel we need to do. Does help the

pain some in those raw joints.

*¬*.¸¸.·´¨`»*«´¨`·.¸¸.*¬*

On the internet, no knows you're a cat.

~StrykerMom~

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--- ** wrote:

> My neighbor who has fibro did have these injections

> and from what she said

> they can be painful but not always. Think its one of

> those things where it

> may help one but not another. She felt better but

> was in pain for the first

> few days.

> I hope if you can do these that they help

> rachael

>

>

> On 12/15/06, Tommie

> wrote:

> >

> > Hi

> >

> > Have any of you ever had trigger point injections?

> Are they very painful?

> > One person has told me they are and I'm not sure I

> can endure any. But yet,

> > I really need some relief in my knee's and

> shoulder. Doc thinks my knee's

> > have torn tendons and my shoulder, we aren't sure,

> except the x-ray comes

> > out fine on it. My knee's hurt so bad, I have to

> take so much pain medicine

> > to get any relief and that isn't good. I want to

> be nearly pain free in them

> > without having to take so much medicine. I've had

> steroid injections in them

> > both and it doesn't help anymore, plus you can

> only have that do so many

> > times. And I am diabetic, so there is risk of

> infection, not to mention what

> > steroids do to blood sugar levels.

> >

> > Doc increased my long acting Morphine yesterday.

> This will help my overall

> > pain some. We went up another 30mg and will go

> higher if needed and I can

> > tolerate it. He once took me up to 200mg 3x's a

> day and it was too much. I

> > was totally drugged, and I can't handle that. So

> we backed off.

> >

> > Please let me know what you all know. Thank you

> >

> > Hugs,

> > ~Tommie

> >

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I have had trigger point injections and they were the most painful

thing I have ever had. I had one shot in my right hip and one in my

right buttock( I have severe low back pain that goes through my hip

and buttock and down my right leg). I was VERY sore from the shots

for about a week.

> > > >

> > > > Hi

> > > >

> > > > Have any of you ever had trigger point

> > injections?

> > > Are they very painful?

> > > > One person has told me they are and I'm not

> > sure I

> > > can endure any. But yet,

> > > > I really need some relief in my knee's and

> > > shoulder. Doc thinks my knee's

> > > > have torn tendons and my shoulder, we aren't

> > sure,

> > > except the x-ray comes

> > > > out fine on it. My knee's hurt so bad, I have

> > to

> > > take so much pain medicine

> > > > to get any relief and that isn't good. I want

> > to

> > > be nearly pain free in them

> > > > without having to take so much medicine. I've

> > had

> > > steroid injections in them

> > > > both and it doesn't help anymore, plus you can

> > > only have that do so many

> > > > times. And I am diabetic, so there is risk of

> > > infection, not to mention what

> > > > steroids do to blood sugar levels.

> > > >

> > > > Doc increased my long acting Morphine

> > yesterday.

> > > This will help my overall

> > > > pain some. We went up another 30mg and will go

> > > higher if needed and I can

> > > > tolerate it. He once took me up to 200mg 3x's

> > a

> > > day and it was too much. I

> > > > was totally drugged, and I can't handle that.

> > So

> > > we backed off.

> > > >

> > > > Please let me know what you all know. Thank

> > you

> > > >

> > > > Hugs,

> > > > ~Tommie

> > > >

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> > > yours!

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