Lumbar injections

Posted by melhen @melhen, Feb 28 11:32am

Thoughts on medial branch block and neurotomy
And lumbar injunctions, etc

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Nemo

I know every case is different with different results, that said, I would get the last shot. I have been told that these shots carry medicine to calm down the nerve and render the pain (or whatever that was there to be gone to some degree. It could be 100
% or none at all, but the common thread seems to be that many times the second or third shot is the one that works. Just don't give up, give it all you got.

My pain is diminishing by the day with one shot, now, that may last for a day or a year. I will take whatever I get,

Stay on top Nemo.

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@willow5

Hi — I hope you get a positive result. I’ve had a number of them over the years. Sometimes I’m good for years - sometimes I need once twice a year. Oftentimes my orthopedist sends me to PT 10 days after the shot to work on continually strengthen and stabilize my core muscles As much as I don’t like doing them, I do believe it has helped tremendously. I will keep my fingers crossed for success of this injection - last time I was told by the nurse to ice to help keep the medication in the area that it was injected, that heat helps dissipate it. Makes sense, I guess.

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Do you mean cortisone injections?

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@nemo1

Well, I’m leveling off and if I’m feeling what I’m feeling, I woke up two days at 3am with intense tingling…Not good. Pains return, leveling off from the steroid elevation. Foot pain back. Not sure what if anything the shots now done.

The only thing I can say is that the tingling I’ve been having since this started, to when I got the shot (had tingling while injected) down both legs. Is back worse. So I’m not feeling too happy. Not sure what another shot would do. False sense of security. The first 2-3 days were promising. Well, that was sort lived.
🙁

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Sorry to hear that Goaway. Injections will affect people in so many ways. What happens to one does not guarantee same results to others. I personally feel that there has not been enough research done for this malady, which covers a myriad of issues. I figure a lot has been done but just not there yet. It's like arthritis, been around for thousands of years but not even close to a remedy to date. Hope you find an answer, don't stop trying. I will say a prayer for you.

My pain from an injection March 11 is now at 80% gone. What a relief. I will update periodically but hope it stays this way forever.

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