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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself

Posted by Kelsey Mohring @kelseydm, Apr 27, 2016

Welcome to the new Chronic Pain group.

I’m Kelsey and I’m the moderator of the group. I look forwarding to welcoming you and introducing you to other members. Feel free to browse the topics or start a new one.

Why not take a minute and introduce yourself.

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Chronic Pain Support Group.

laura1970 | @laura1970 | 3 hours ago
In reply to @linmarie01 "Hi All. I’m Linda, 78, and have recently consulted a pain management physician regarding my lower..." + (show)
@linmarie01

Hi All.
I’m Linda, 78, and have recently consulted a pain management physician regarding my lower back pain. X-rays show Grade 1 anterolisthesis of L4 in relation to L5 and L5 in relation to S1. Moderate degenerative disc disease at L5-S1. So, the doctor wants to do the epidural lumbar procedure & I’m wondering if this isn’t a bit premature when we haven’t tried any medications other than Advil or low dose Meloxicam and/or physical therapy etc first?? Seems like he went from zero to 10 without anything in between. Thoughts?? Experiences?? Thank you!!!

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Make sure to ask your doctor about side effects of the epidural, in particular arachnoiditis, an inflammation of the sac surrounding the spinal cord. It is only recently been identified as a reason patients don’t recover from spinal procedures as hoped. I have arachnoiditis from a spinal pump. It is not reversible, either stays the same or worsens with time. If I had known about it, I never have had the pump placed. Good luck!

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