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Re-Post: What are Your Favorite Anecdotes for Chronic Pain?

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@jackiet I had great results with RFA! What it resolved for me was the referred pain that was caused by the stenosis. I couldn’t sleep at night and my thighs would just ache nonstop and it stopped that pain for 15 years. I don’t think it resolves lower back pain so much as it does wonders on referred pain. Also one should know there are two types: one type is called heat and the other is called pulse. The pulse did nothing for me. Only the heat works for me. Be sure to discuss that with your doctor.

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georgescraftjr | @georgescraftjr | 2 days ago

@loriesco

Thanks for telling us about the difference between heat and pulse RFA. George's physical medicine/pain management group never gave us that information.

George's wife

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jackiet | @jackiet | 2 days ago

@loriesco Thank you. Yes, I am aware of the two ways of deadening the nerve. I have also heard of Intrasept ablation, which seems superior to the old RFA procedures. I do plan to ask my pain management person about all of this when the time comes. Thankfully I believe I have a good person to perform these procedures. He did his residency at Yale and then an additional fellowship in anesthesiology (and whatever) at Cleveland Clinic, which I'm told is useful for doctors who do these minimally invasive procedures.

Appreciate your help.

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