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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Utah
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Grand Magnate
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 3,465
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Originally Posted by starfish
Hi Tamiloo,
I had 3 epidurals in my lumbar. Each one helped a little. Not enough though.
At the time they said you can only have 3 a year.
Then they did this procedure in OR to identify the worse disc. I was somewhat sedated, put on an IV antibiotic, and they would put a cc or 2 of saline into discs to see which caused pain. MRIs were good, but still pain.
You can't feel a thing until they get the right disc. When they do the whole room will know and you can feel the nerve pain going down your leg.
Then they know that is where they need to do surgery, for sure.
Good luck!
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Two weeks ago I feel that it did help with the pain I feel in my sacrum area but not at all with my leg pain. I do remember one of the injections hurting down my left leg...he is as you say trying to see where and what kind of surgery I have two herniated disc up higher and of course the L4 vertabrae is unstable...this will be surgery #5 for me...need to put a zipper in my back...
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