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Excruciating chronic left side neck pain plus lumbar issues
Spine Health | Last Active: Nov 18, 2023 | Replies (360)Comment receiving replies
Alfred,
By all means if you feel you need to go to the emergency hospital, then call 911 and go. You have to decide how badly you feel.
In my personal experience, I have had injections that hurt for several days worse. I think Jennifer said she did too. I always ice 20mins on 20mins off and repeat all day long. In my experience I have spent weeks in bed awaiting relief, one time it took 6 weeks of injections and meds. I wrote my meds on a log sheet with date time and dose, so I wouldn't forget when I took something. Esp impt when you are taking higher does of multiple meds. . Prayers for you.
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@ab6540183 @jm1 No.... I am not a fan of steroid injections. My experience with one epidural injection I had in my neck was it did take away the pre-existing pain for only 5 days, and then it started coming back. It also gave me a new strong sharp electric burning pain that I didn't have before the injection that affected the thumb and fingers in my dominant hand. Any time I moved my hand or fingers it sent a shock to them, and I couldn't touch the nerve pathways through my arm that was inflamed by the injections or there was another electric shock. I kept getting random electric shock pain for around 6 weeks before it subsided. It did over time become less often, and the anesthesiologist who did the injection kept calling me to see if I was still having trouble. After that pain stopped, the hand was cold and heat sensitive for a year and a half. I refused to do any more of those epidural injections. I guess it helps some people, but it also carries some big risks if something goes wrong.
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Hi jm1,
Thanks for the support once again.
You have the luxury to lie down and probably sleep or probably not. My pain won't let me lie down. When lying down my pain is at its worst, standing his better but I can't fall asleep that way. I didn't call the ambulance I just kept using an the ice pack.
Yesterday I wasn't able to manage my pain with 20mg of Oxycodone and Amytripiline.
My problems are not only cervical but also some thoracic and right nerve impingement L2/3, L3/4. Yesterday I was used la Tens machine for the first time to relieve some neck pain but it made it worse and now all my right hand side is burning bad inside. Have I done some damage to the nerves, joints and soft tissue? Or is it just inflammation? Will it get better? I am so annoyed with myself because maybe I should have used it on a lower setting.
I can't drive a car or catch public transport due to the pain which makes it difficult to go to doctors appointments.
I didn't need this one.
Alfred