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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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Yes, the pain did get worse after the discogram. What you need to do is use ICE for 20 minutes every 2 hours. Keep doing this. Do NOT use the ice any more than this!!! You can damage the skin, plus if you use it any longer, you'll cause MORE pain. So just stick to that schedule!! My neurosurgeon taught me this. It DOES work, I promise you. It reduces swelling and inflammation and dulls the pain. NEVER, ever use heat on a sore back!!
Best of luck and God bless. Hugs, Lee
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recovering alcoholic, sober since 7-29-93;severe depression; 2 open spinal surgeries; severe sciatica since 1986; epidurals; trigger points; myelograms; Rhizotomy; Racz procedure; spinal cord stimulator implant (and later removal); morphine pump trial (didn't work);now inoperable; lumpectomy; radiation; breast cancer survivor; heart attack; fibromyalgia; on disability.
Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live..
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