Epidural lower back spine injection recovery time/and side effects

Posted by davidtrevino @davidtrevino, Dec 25, 2024

HELP PLEASE! I got an epidural spine injection and my lower back L4 and L5. At night time I get cold arms and thighs with cold chills and slight body aches. It’s been a week so far with these symptoms, it’s weird I don’t get them during the day just at night. I get dry mouth all day too, how long would these symptoms last I read it supposed to be two days and other places 2 to 3 weeks, can’t get a straight answer. My legs feel slightly weak and slight discomfort, but at night time I feel really sick for about 5 mins and sometimes sick all night. Hot flashes too, any idea if this is a serious concern or just side effects that will go away ?

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srquser | @srquser | Jul 26 12:04pm

I am now 8 days out, and the pain is still bad. To add to all of this, I woke up this morning with the room spinning, and a blood pressure rise up to 160/85. The BP came down pretty quickly to 135, but then I got a headache that's lasted all day. AND THE BACK/HIP/THIGH PAIN is still there! ANd my inner ear feels weird, like it is clogged. These things can't all be related? It's a "conspiracy" to keep me from leaving on my trip in a week! - 8 hours in a plane, then lots of walking in Scandinavia.