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Ablation in the back

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: 7 hours ago | Replies (25)

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@loriesco I had heat ablation yesterday on my right knee. It is bone on bone, and I cannot do a surgery because of health issues. I told my doctor "Please, I am praying and counting on you to do a great job so I will be free of this pain for a very long time!" Really keeping my fingers crossed for a good outcome after the nerves are fully burned out.
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Hi Ginger! Give it a couple weeks to take effect. I don't know how it works on knees. I only know how it works on facet joints in the spine. I did learn something along the way - don't you wonder how people survived this pain before surgeries? Well I did! Seems my spine vertebrae grafted themselves together and then the pain STOPPED. Of course it crushed all the nerve endings to oblivion along the way -- no ablatia needed! So I had surgery and they had to cut them apart. Maybe your bone on bone will graft together too -- making for some immobility but the pain would stop without the movement. I know there's LOTS of stuff for inoperable knees like cortisone, gel, collagen, and new injectable implants providing artificial cushions so don't give up. Keep researching at medical research hospitals for trials and the like. I hope your ablatia takes hold! (my knees are the only joints that are good -- so much scar tissue from falls when I was a kid!) take care! Lori

Thank you. Please let us know how it’s turning out. I’m doing the prelim diagnostics before ablation. At 79, I hope it works for me/and for you!