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Originally Posted by Desi
"Hey, Jen! Wow..$312.00 for a stellate ganglion block?? highway robbery, is what that is!! darn!  Jen, I hope and pray that you do get approved for SSI too! Did your Dr. wean you off your xanax? that is a really tough benzo to get off of! I was on the 1 mg. and I asked my Dr. to put me on the 0.5 mg. So, I am on that 3 times a day. I also take Vicoprofen(for pain) and EffexorXr75mg. once a night. all the hype of that lunesta and here it's making ya groggy. boy, they sure do lie on their commercials, hu??  Jen, excatly what kind of pain did you experience from your SGB? Maybe your P.D. didn't get it in the right spot!! did you get the droopy eye? stuffy nose?? Yes, I had a MRI of my head, and neck I also had a bone scan of my wrist, hand and shoulder. I am being sent to another specialist for another MRI of my shoulder. I believe this pain in my shoulder is caused by the herniated disk. Could be RSd/ combo of both. Oh, man, I use my heating pad too all the time!!  And A good hot bath of epsom salts. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..  Well, I am going to go and veg out for a while. take care and have a great weekend, Jen Love, Desi |
Desi, i agree about highway robbery and pharmaceutical commercials being a bunch of bull! just please keep in mind that even if your mri doesn't show a tear it can still be torn, i am living proof! although it sounds like you have a lot of other things going on that could cause it. it is hard for me to explain the pain that i had with stellate block. it honestly felt like he was digging in my neck, i would rate the pain a 9!
he also hit the nerve to my hand twice and seemed surprised about it. he said my eye was droopy but desi when i got home an hour later it wasn't droopy or red, i wasn't stuffy, i wasn't hoarse and i didn't get any warm feeling in my arm or hand. also, i was having a "good day" and not in pain when he did the block, i told him this but he reccommended to go ahead as scheduled? now he wants to do a cervical sympathetic nerve block also without fluoroscopy and i just don't have a good feeling about it. he also bumped up my neurontin to four times a day and i don't think i'm tolerating it well. i am going to talk to him about xanax on tuesday because i'm a mess without it. i just need it at bedtime, i don't see what the big deal is! if only they could walk a mile in our shoes
he also wants me to have emg to rule out nerve entrapment and if my work comp benefits are reinstated i'm sure i'll have to have one
i had a nasty flare up after ganglion block and i figure the emg will do the same. well, i hope we both get some sleep tonigh, good luck and talk to ya soon, jen