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My wife Diana has had LC for about 3 years. After the usual struggles finding a Dr that would work with her we found a PCP that was willing to try Prendisone. The course of treatment did help but didn't provide significant improvement. Last fall while reading this blog I found the sections regarding using the Stellage Ganglion Block as a treatment. We researched it and found several small studies (40-50 participants) that showed benefits from the SGB. After discussing it Diana said she wanted to try it. Her PCP was willing to give her a referral to the local Pain Clinic and we met with a Dr there that was willing to try the procedure to see if it would help. On 3/27/25 she had a single shot on the right side performed. The results have been very good. I have been logging each of the first 10 days and how it has gone. I will attach that log to this site.

Please note, we are NOT doctors and this isn't medical advice. It is however a personal account of a treatment she tried that has helped her as an individual. This treatment isn't a cure all but for LC sufferers it is something to be looked at. I wonder if it is more helpful if your symptoms fall more into the autonomic nervous system categories than others?

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Thanks. This is great information

I wanted to post a followup on Diana's status about 1 1/2 months after her first SGB treatment. So far the treatment has been durable, her fatigue and PEM have been signicantly reduced. She is now walking 1.3 miles a day and not having signifcant crashes. Brain fog is still present in short term memory but other congitive function (working with her cell phone, starting to do jigsaw puzzles again) have been better. Less prevalent symptoms like GI issues and sleep disturbances have been better also. A quote from Diana " I feel like it has given me my life back".

I am NOT a doctor but have researched the information on the web and seen the results first hand. If you are having symptoms that may fall under the Neurological grouping or have Dysautonomia, please check out this treatment. There are Pain Clinics around the country that are offering this as a "off label" treatment. In our case I would like to thank the Interventional Pain Managment Clinic in Mountain Home Arkansas for being willing to let Diana try this treatment, it has been a game changer for her. I will try to post a link below to a web video where a Dr discusses using the SGB for PTSD and LC. Check it out.
https://lebtown.com/2024/12/05/dr-michael-fishman-introduces-innovative-treatment-for-ptsd-and-long-covid-with-stellate-ganglion-block-therapy/