I've had 4 blocks for my foot and 6 rizotomies for the severe back pain which developed after a few weeks of walking in my initial boot for my fracture.

The first three blocks gave some relief of a week to about 4 months. When I went back to work and after about a month c/o the pain escalating... The dr suggested a fourth block for my foot. I'm not clear what was different about the last block but I woke up with excruciating pain in my entire leg. I was crying and couldn't move my leg at all. I couldn't stand to get in the wheelchair or car. I heard the nurses saying I just wanted drugs and they treated me really bad.... How stupid because I certianly had all the drugs I could ever need at home. Anyhow, the dr gave me a nucenta to get home (really sensitive to this as I'd never heard of it or ever taken it). That was a really strong medicine for me and I was out until the next day. The severe pain lasted almost 4 months in my entire leg. After that, the severe pain subsided some but I'm left with more pain than I have had since before the first block. It's like I haven't ever had any blocks and I'm back at square one. It's been 8 months since the last "botched" block.

Now, they won't try another block and have told me the next step is a spinal stimulator and until I have that procedure all I can do is treat the pain with the medication they know has been working.

I'm sorry you had a bad block experience as well. I just wanted to share my story with you, so you know another person has had a similar experience.

Ps: not sure it was clear in my other posts, that they had done blocks. I tend to block out the experience due to the severity of the pain it caused. Prior to that last one, I did gain some temporary relief of the unusual srnsations and some mild actual pain relief.