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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Where my heart is
Posts: 1,140
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Where my heart is
Posts: 1,140
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Facet Joint Injection / Nerve Root Sleeve Injection
Had both done last Friday along with an epidural flush. Facet on the left and Nerve root on the right along with epidural flush. So pleased that procedure seems to have sorted the recently developed pain in my right knee. Came round with chest pain, after much testing, tilting, pushing, bloods and prodding they determined I had a grade 1 AV Block, nothing to be concerned over, but because my BP was so low, 58/36 and remained low they kept me in overnight again. Had my bed head lowered so spent most the night hauling myself back up. The good news is all procedures seem to have delivered results on day one and I'm in much less pain. I'm conscious today of the left side trying to say "hello" I'm still here, but it's nothing like it was and the right side also bearable. My meds have been increased, temgesic up to 6 times a day, (I've taken 3 so far today) still on the Valdoxan daily and endep 10mg daily added back in again along with Valium PRN. MY PM wants me to see a new physio who is apparently gifted with being able to pinpoint exactly what nerves needs injecting so I'm going to go see him asap. If he can tell my PM which nerves to do on the right side as well as a bit more on the left, I could be pain free almost for the first time in years. Something very much to look forward to! Kind of puts the shock of coming round in that situation to the back of the mind. I was so frightened as I also had the real urge to use my bowel which is apparently common with heart arrest. All I could think of was my poor old dad and his last day 7 heart arrests before they let him go. Anyway, that's not the point to this topic. The facet joint injection and nerve root sleeve injection seems to have delivered a good result!!
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I can still remember what life was like before pain became my life long companion
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