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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Location: Paradise
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Originally Posted by lovefamilypets
I've had 4 Sympathetic Nerve Blocks. The first 3 were not effective. I had pain relief during the block, but as soon as the medication wore off, the pain came right back. Then my last block caused me to flare up really bad for about a week. Doctors look at me like I am insane and tell me I must not have RSD, but have no explanation for what else it could be. Now, my new pain specialist wants me to do another block and I don't see what the point is.
Has anyone had a similar experience with nerve blocks?
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I've had 10 now. They still work, on a depreciating level for several months anyway. For several hours after, I can't talk and I choke on my own saliva as it paralysis one of my vocal cords. But that wears off. Then it messes up my vision in the eye on the side of the block for several weeks, very blurry. Actually, it has been more blurry anyway since the shoulder surgery that caused all this, but much worse after the block.
There have been other annoying side effects, some that required additional (expensive) medical care but on balance, I'll continue to get them every few months until they stop working because they temporarily help that much!
I know I am preaching to the choir for many but should probably also add that before my first block, the undescribable intense pain, the severe burning, the lack of sleep for weeks after the surgery was damned near intolerable and really pushed me to my limit, so while I really don't at all like the blocks and what they do to me following them, I do appreciate and welcome the several months of relative reduction of pain that I realize after one. I just worry what lies in store for me after they stop working...
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