Dollie, WOW. Reading your post was like reading my exact medical history with my back!! Severe degenerative arthritis and a blown disk started it all. I underwent two diskectomies, then a spinal fusion L3-S1, all that failed. I was sent to a pain management doctor (who is my hero) and we did a whole bunch of spine injections. The epidurals never worked for me but the caudal blocks DID. I had over 15 of these injections in total... I also had a spinal cord stimulator implanted. Sadly, learned several years ago that I have a clotting disorder and have to take blood thinners, which stopped me from receiving any more spine injections. Too bad, I really miss how they worked for a good while.

The one thing I would advise you is to make sure the doctor doing your injections is a board certified anesthesiologist, because that's what my doc is and he is the BEST.

Now I rely on medications, chiropractor and massage therapy for pain control. I am never below about a level 6 pain and I have learned to live with it at that level. I can't do everything, but I can do lots of things for limited periods of time. You hang in there hon.