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Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jul 16 10:23am | Replies (7835)Comment receiving replies
Morning - been living with SI joint pain for 6 years and did get shots every 4-6 months till they stoped working. In addition neck and shoulder pain has taken over because of 4 bulges. Finally in the Mayo spine center and shocked they do not do pain management - what do people here do for chronic pain relief? I started with Ibprofin 800 mg 3 times a day - helps for edge pain but nothing for break through pain
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Hello, I’m sorry to hear about your pain. I lived with s.i. Joint pain for a little while. They soon recommended s.i. Joint surgery. The recovery was hard and it took 6 months before the joint felt normal. But I’m extremely glad I did it now. I have no pain at all now. I have trouble with trigeminal nerve (pain in the face) also. So I’m heading down the road to get it treated. I’m not sure if they will do surgery, I suppose it depends on what shows up in the MRI and MRA images. I know there certain surgeries for this and the possibility of a pain pump where the catheter will run up the length of my spine to the cervical area of my neck. Hopefully either the pump or a surgery will work.