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Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 72
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 72
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I've been lucky, I've had numerous epidurals, the injections in my hips and tried nerve blocks to see if a radiofrequency neurotomy was an option.
The nerve blocks did not work so I never had the radiofrequency neurotomy.
The epidurals and other injections bought me some relief for my back pain sometimes over six months. In my case it seemed when the back was screaming in pain it just added to the pain in my feet.
I was finally diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease and had a spinal fusion in L3-4-5. This is when I tried the nerve blocks to buy me some time before surgery.
I still have nueropathy in my feet but my back pain is gone.
Good Luck - in my opinion you need try to reduce the pain
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My PN is considered Critical Illness Neuropathy. In October 2010 I left for a golf trip not feeling well, woke up in a hospital 21 days later. I was in an induced coma for treatment of Legioneers Disease. First day out of ICU I noticed the pain in my feet and as they say the rest is history.
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