@sueinmn Hi Sue, thank you for this information. Unfortunately, epidurals do not always help, and sometimes they actually make things worse. And of course, this is my situation. I had an epidural back in February at T11-T12 of my Thoracic spine, and there was intense pain during the epidural, and there has been an increase in my pain level ever since.

I've had the opposite happen as well, where I had two previous epidurals about 2 to 2 1/2 years ago (T12-L1), and they did not help or hurt. No additional pain, but no improvement at all. I recently saw another spine surgeon that reviewed my imaging and reports, examined me, and told me that he does not feel I need another surgery.

That is great news for me, however, no one has any idea why I am still in so much pain every day. I am currently at the 4th PT office this year, from January until this week. So, (4) offices, multiple therapists over (9) months, and no one has any idea why their procedures are not working, or why I am in pain. Everyone is just guessing, or throwing darts, as I tell my wife.