Hi Dollie ~ It sounds like MY story. I had 2 OPEN surgeries on L3-4 and L4-5, and both were failures. I went to pain management, and they couldn't relieve the pain with medications, so decided to put the Spinal Cord Stimulator in. They did that, and i had it in for 6 months. It didn't really help much - and then because I was pretty thin, the "generator" started working itself OUT of me!!! The corners of the darn thing began sticking out of my skin! So the WHOLE ball of wax had to be taken out -- leads and everything -- and now i'm left with scar tissue where the leads were in my upper back. That's causing some problems.

I have herniations from the cervical spine all the way down to L5-S1, plus compression fractures, osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis, etc. "Aint this fun?"

Now because i've had everything done to me that a pain management clinic can do, they won't take me anymore. So my GP has to prescribe for me. He's worked very hard to try to find something to ease my pain, and finally found a combo of meds that "kind of" helps. It's better than anything i've been on before.

And by the way -- the Injections have NEVER worked for me! They've MADE me try them several times, and not ONCE did they work.
One word of warning -- if the FIRST one doesn't work, do NOT let them talk you into another one. They do NOT "build up" in your system. That's a common belief, but it's not true. Read the medical journals -- just "Google" spinal injections. Not only that, but they are NOt good for the body. So again, if the first one doesn't work, don't let them do a second!!!

God bless and please take care! Hugs, Lee