Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawnwa
Hi, I have chronic nerve pain in the thoracic area for the past 10 years. I've had 4 intercostal nerve blocks and they were mostly sucessful but only last 2-3 months. My pain Doc now has me on Lyrica, slowly uping my dose. If that doesn't work Dr. wants to try ANS (advanced neuromodulation system). Has anyone had this done? I really want to get off pain meds.
 |
Hi I was on Lyrica for my chiari/tethered spinal cord pain and I found it did work- but I had to discontinue it, as it incresed my tremors in frquency and severity. but it did take the pain away, and knocked me out at night , so I could sleep 5-6 hrs straight thru and not wake up at night.