My name is Rhonda and I'm 53 years young and live in Central Indiana. I stumbled upon this site while I was looking up RF Nerve Ablatiion therapy. I've been dealing with chronic pain and neuropathy for about six years now related to a back injury. I had my first back surgery in 2003 and it has has been downhill for me since 2005. I had seen two different pain mgt drs in that period of time with no improvement.
In 2009 I had a big back surgery which involved a laminectomy, decompression, and fusion. (I had a lot of scarring and stenosis from my first surgery in 2003.) In December 2009, I had an IPG nerve stimulator implanted to try to help the neuropathy in my feet that returned after my surgery. One month before I was supposed to return to work, I started having pain in my right SI joint. I've been seeing a pain management doctor since Feb of 2010 and had about 4 SI joint injections which would only last for about a week. Now, just yesterday, I had an RF Nerve Ablation performed and I'm optomistic. (My doctor and I had to fight my insurance company to get it covered). My goals are to be able to do the things that I had enjoyed doing before developing all of this pain. So, I'm hoping to be getting some relief here in a couple of weeks. Well, I'm really happy to have found you and it will be great to share experiences and bounce ideas off of each other.

Glad to be here! Rhonda

Hi Rhonda and WELCOME. I'm glad you found us, but I'm sorry you need us. It's a shame you have all this pain. I can relate -- I've been a chronic painer for 26 years now, and I'm tired.

I certainly hope you get some relief from the ablation. Many people DO get relief, even tho it's temporary. I hope you get some long-term relief. I had it done but it didn't help me. I don't know why ~~ he obviously hit the right place cause he did it under fluroscopy.

Again, welcome and please let us know if you DO get some relief! I'm sure others would like to know. God bless. Hugs, Lee

Hi Rhonda.

My name is Melody and I come here to learn lots of cool stuff from all the members. My husband and I both have neuropathy (mine is diabetic, and they don't know why he has his case of it). They still don't know.

Anyway, nice to meet you.

Welcome to Neurotalks.

Melody

So happy you found us! You will find so many caring folks here. I look forward to learning more about you and hope you will find some relief soon for all you pain! Welcome!

Hi, and welcome to NT! This is such a great place with many friendly, helpful, and caring people.

We're so glad you found us!

Links:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum10.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum22.html

Rhonda,

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

There are great number and caring fellow members here to assist you. Our shoulders are here for support in many ways.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene