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I have had a few injections over the years, most caused no or very little pain.
But one doctor gave me two injections, one on each side of my spine, that felt he reached inside and pulled my nerves out all the way to my toes. I literally screamed as loud as I could, it was so painful.
My friend who had driven me was in the waiting room, said she didn’t hear anything, so his treatment rooms must have been soundproof!
I believe, from what I heard from my next doctor, he didn’t use any numbing agent, so he could tell it was in the right place.
I would advise getting referrals from friends or online reviews before subjecting yourself to treatments.
My first epidural was done by a doctor referred to me by a physician friend in another city. This doctor said if this gives you no relief, don’t get another, it’s a waste of time and they aren’t good for your bones. I should have listened, as they’ve rarely helped. But chronic pain makes us try what’s available. I wish you the best in your search for relief!
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I was very interested to read your response.
Although I didn't mention this in my post, I, too, screamed at the top of my lungs during the entire injection. There was only one other time in my 71 years that I screamed like that, and that was when I underwent a CT angiography of my spine. Both procedures were brutal.
No more epidurals or injections of any type into my spine unless I'm anesthetized in advance.
Thank you for responding; I wish you the best~
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I, too, was advised by my very first pain doc back in 2016 to have epidurals for the lower back pain that I incurred due to a bad ski fall. The first set lasted about two weeks. Then, he tried another set of shots. The relief lasted about two days. I told him no more. Eight years later, and I have been to more pain docs tah I can recall. Invariably, they want to stick it to me again. I let one guy try what he called a caudal epidural. This was, essentially, a set of two shots in the area around the last S joint. The med is supposed to diffuse upward into the area where i was having problems (L5-S1). Big nothing.
I'm not saying that epidurals don't work for some, but if the first one is a flop, just walk away. There is faint chance that subsequent ones will help,