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Anyone had an ablation for lower back pain

Chronic Pain | Last Active: 1 hour ago | Replies (59)
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@iamian

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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besmith57 | @besmith57 | 1 day ago

I'm glad you didn't have pain with the procedure. I was at the pain clinic yesterday for shoulder injections, and they told me it was "uncomfortable". I will be taking a Valium 10mg before the procedure. I hope it's enough. Did you feel any improvement sooner than 6 weeks? I want your doctor! lol

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