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Chronic Pain | Last Active: Oct 29 9:41am | Replies (592)

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@vickyvanvliet

I think that sounds all very extreme. Radio frequency ablation is not that long lasting and it simply stuns the nerve I found that’s plenty of pain relief and these other things are so invasive. It sounds horrible to me. I would never put an implant in my body there are so many things that can go wrong. The reason it’s perhaps not more popular is they don’t really make a lot of money out of it. It’s a $1500 procedure that is an outpatient where they just put you under a little bit and then you walk away in a couple of hours. I had great results with something that was safer and not so drastic. Still in the pain comes back. It’s nothing like the original pain. It’s like maybe an eighth of that. I found my doctor through making an appointment at Mayo. They could point me to someone that was trained in radio frequency ablation that was right in my town that practiced in pain management of nerves. They do warn you of complications that sound extreme. But my pain was so bad I couldn’t keep living living that way.

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My son is dealing with a damaged nerve from surgery 15 years ago. Has been through all of the things and his last appointment at the Mayo did not leave him with a very positive outcome. He saw the best dr. that Mayo has. I will forward this info to him and see if he can convey it to his doctor. I pray it works as he is so frustrated. Thank you for this little bit of hope!