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Anyone had an ablation for lower back pain
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Sorry, your ablation isn't giving lasting relief. I'm scheduled for an ablation next Thursday. Nothing has worked yet. I have had numerous steroid injections and a stimulator that I had removed. Pain pills do not help. I have read about good and bad results on this site. With my track record, I don't know if this will help. My pain level is very high. Any thoughts if it might work for me? Does it hurt to have done it, and how long will it be before I see results? Thanks for any input you can give me.
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Hi, the ablation was quite painless as I was given a twilight anaesthetic and woke up 30 minutes later in recovery. Doc told me to take it easy for 24 hours then resume normal activities.
The Doc I had was a specialist pain surgeon as well as a qualified anaethetist and told me it COULD take 6 weeks to see a significant improvement.
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I had an ablation Apr. 2023. It lasted for me until Jan. of this year. The one I did this year, didn't do anything. I didn't think much of the procedure. There was just a moment of pain. I think the anticipation of the procedure is worse.