Bobbi,

I saw my surgeon on Thursday...He has ordered a test of the right sacroiliac joint only. I really think he should have ordered both since I think both sides are symptomatic, but that is just my way of thinking...

He thinks that the screw, looks to me to be about six inches long, into the pelvis for pelvic fixation, is causing the pain into the sacroiliac. They are going to do the injection next Thursday with both numbing medication and steroids. Please tell me what to expect with this and how to prepare.

If this is the pain generator, he will then do surgery to remove the screw into the pelvis. I really do not look forward to this, but another surgeon, the surgeon that did my cervical fusion, told me these screws break at about the two year mark. It might be a good thing to have it removed, but I really, really had hoped this would be last surgery. I really do not know though if this screw could be causing hip and sciatica pain too...We shall see....