[DVORA]

Hi - i am scheduled for injection on monday --
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i would really appreciate it if anyone having gone through this would share their experience --
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also what to expect afterwards since i care for my 18 month grandaughter and we may or may not need to make other arrangements ?
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shalom from dvora

[aerobeth]

I wish I would have checked sooner. I had trigger point and epidural steroid injections several times earlier this year. This inofrmation probably does you no good now but I would be interested to see how you are feeling. The injections did not help me at all...not even for a minute. But the pain from them went away within days. Except for the epidural in my neck-that hurt for a while at the injection site.
I have recently begun Xeomin (similar to Botox) injections. I am actually going for round 2-teet gritted- tomorrow. They are difficult, more difficult than I thought, but actually did help after a while with my muscle spasms. I would be happy to give more info if you want.
Hope all went well and that you are feeling better. If not, then my sympathy through dealing with the pain.
e

[DVORA]

Originally Posted by aerobeth

I wish I would have checked sooner. I had trigger point and epidural steroid injections several times earlier this year. This inofrmation probably does you no good now but I would be interested to see how you are feeling. The injections did not help me at all...not even for a minute. But the pain from them went away within days. Except for the epidural in my neck-that hurt for a while at the injection site.
I have recently begun Xeomin (similar to Botox) injections. I am actually going for round 2-teet gritted- tomorrow. They are difficult, more difficult than I thought, but actually did help after a while with my muscle spasms. I would be happy to give more info if you want.
Hope all went well and that you are feeling better. If not, then my sympathy through dealing with the pain.
e

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hi - the epidural was painful but not as awful as childbirth -
got 4 days relief in my hip -leg and foot --
nothing for my back -
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the physical therapist would not toch me without another epidual and a different brace --
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shot dr said i should try burning the nerves - radio-opathy ?
but first must have 3 sets of diagnostic shots -
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8 shots - 4 on each side of spine by discs --
these hurt a lot -and no relief --
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said i want to go to physical therapy and a different soft brace --
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see the head spine surgeon in one week -
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thats the whole story ---
thanks for answering though --
i do hope you begin to get good results --
be safe and well .....dvora

[Leesa]

Hi ~ Whenever I had any epidural injections, they put me in "Lala" land, and I didn't know what was going on. When I woke up, it was over and I was fine.

There was only MINOR discomfort at the injection site, and that was taken care of with ice. I'd use the ice for about 20 minutes every 2 hours, if it still hurt. But I can't even call it "pain" -- it was more of an ache.

You shouldn't need any extra care -- you'll be fine. They tell you to rest the rest of the day that you had the injection. The 2nd day, you're pretty much back to normal, except for perhaps a slight ache. But nothing serious ever happened, and I've had a bunch of these unfortunately.

One word of advice -- if the FIRST injection doesn't work, don't let your doc talk you into having any more injections -- they won't work either. I've read medical journals on these, and they ALL say don't have any more injections if the first one doesn't work.

Best of luck, and I hope you get some relief, even if it IS temporary. Hugs, Lee