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Has anyone had a bad reaction to a spinal epidural?
Spine Health | Last Active: Mar 12, 2022 | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
I had a spinal epidural give by some bozo DR August of 2021. Woke up with a blazing headache, went home , was in crazy pain, tried to call Dr. She never called me back. She gave me Adhesive Arachnoiditis. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Its very painful, I can barely walk. My whole life has changed. Its been 7 months, am desperately looking for help. She doesn't even know she did this to me. She put the needle in the wrng place, gave me a wet tap and ruined my life.
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@meri91364 If you are in the US, you can contact your state's medical review board if you want to file a complaint. You also should be able to look to see if there has been any disciplinary action against the doctor. I am sorry you are going through this. The only reason I consented to having an epidural is because the surgeon wanted it for diagnostic purposes. He didn't get the results he expected, so he ignored it. The results were pointing to a condition called "funicular pain" which means that compression of the cervical spinal cord is causing some referred pain to other areas of the body. The surgeon (not at Mayo) missed that possibility, and refused to help me. There is no diagnostic test for this, and the only confirmation is that spinal decompression surgery stops the all over crazy pains, and indeed that is what happened when I had spine surgery at Mayo.