What exactly is this procedure? I have had 3 series of guided facet steroid injections, the results to the pain were very short lived. However, it was good enough to get me into a large Toronto Hospital, where I am scheduled for a lumbar Rhizotomy in April.

I have taken every category of pain meds for 30 years with absolutely no pain relief and unbearable side effects. Some actually increased the pain in my body. Right now there is no other option because of the overwhelming presence of osteoarthritis spreading rapidly.