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Originally Posted by annabanana123
Did it help you? So far it's done nothing for me but I have my second injection tomorrow. Fingers crossed it works because I'm at a loss as to the next steps beyond just dealing with it. I definitely don't want to do the SCS. It's tolerable-ish most of the time with meds, I guess.
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The first one helped. It took about two weeks before the effects were felt but the pain subsided considerably. I don't get the purple foot I used to get from standing for half an hour. It still swells and by night time It gets stiff, but otherwise, it's a lot better than before. The second shot included prednisone:
Patient laid on the fluoroscopy table in the prone position.
Procedure Details:
Body area: trunk
Location: sympathetic
Needle size: 22 G
Location technique: anatomical landmarks (Fluoroscopic guidance)
5 mL lidocaine PF 1% (10 mg/mL); 10 mL bupivacaine PF 0.5% (5 mg/mL);
5 mL iohexol 300 mg iodine/mL; 40 mg
methylPREDNISolone acetate 40 mg/mL
Patient was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion.
Post-procedure Details:
The patient was observed in the ambulatory surgery department.
Instructions: post-procedure instructions were reviewed
The patient discharged from clinic in stable condition.