Peripheral Nephropathy and nerve blocks

Hi @jasont that must be awful having out of control pain.

I want to introduce you to fellow Connect members @sandytoes14 @grandmar and @lioness as they have all had experience with nerve block's or similar shots, and may be able to offer you support and share their experiences.

Back to you @jasont how are you currently treating your peripheral neuropathy?

With medications that are not the true answer to the problem, i am not diabetic and am classified as "Idiopathic"

@jason Welcome also Jason. Yes I have had nerve blocks in my back I went to a pain specialist they don't last all that long I will say in the beginning I only had 3 a year then I had to get them closer then 3 now it is 1 every other months so I think it may depend what the drug is that you are being injected with . I did then some experimenting on my own and just an ordinary ice bag helped a lot . The last nerve block I got wasn't pleasant and lasted only 1 week . Now this has been over a period of years and I think I know my back is worse now then ,then not due to the shots. If you have never had them just ask all kinds of questions to you Dr . the type, where he is going to inject and the after care is my suggestion to you and good luck .

thank you so much for getting back to me. i have heard that they may not last very long but there is a chance they could last months. I think i am going to try one. take care.

Jason, I have horrid neuropathy in my feet and my neuro doc would not give me one. He said I would not feel my feet and could fall down. That would be dangerous. (If I am remembering this clearly.) I talked to him months ago about this, and have since changed doctors. Lori Renee