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Originally Posted by gabbycakes
Hi,
I have heard of it and was just talking to my doctor about it this week. Wow, small world. Anyway, it was first recommended to me in 2007 my Dr. Schwartzman during a ketamine booster because I wasn't getting complete relieve from the letamine. I never tried it honestly he kind of scared me and I quote him, "It burns like hell". So that was enough for me. I never tried it. But I have heard it works pretty well for very localized area's. That is the one problem I can't get rid of. I have pain left in one area that still gives me problems to this day. It's a relatively small area but it keeps the arm swollen which makes the RSD Flare, it's just a vicious cycle. They also feel that the area that I still have problems with is a periheral Neuropathy issue.
Goold Luck. Keep us posted.
Gabbycakes
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Greetings I am actually having the treatment done this week for the first time at my pain specialists office. I thank God as being a medicare pt. and medicare will not pay for it because it is so darn expensive, that my pain Dr told the rep listen she is going to be like the test subject and because of that you should provide the treatment materials free of charge...well guess what? They agreed. It is a treatment that has been used on those with shingles, and has provided them with up to 3 months of relief, I understand the risks, and just like everything else there are risks what one person experiences may not be what another does, ie ketamine infusions some have had great results while i have seen someone that has been in a wheelchair now for over a year and was in the hospital for 4 weeks after the first treatment. I have a scs that some swear by but each time i use it my pain levels go even higher if that was even possible. so time will tell, i just am praying for great things, not just for me but for all of us!!!!!
Ann