Hi
I have recently been diagnosed with Syringomyelia. I have had the first of a series of epidural steriod injections. My question is has anyone had the sensation of a "hump" at the base of the neck after one of the epidurals.
It has been 10 days since my injection and so far no pain relief yet. My arms shake and ache, I am exhausted and frustrated. My doctor has told me the first may not give much relief, however he did not say no relief. The hot sting on the left side of my neck does not go away and at times the pain is so bad all I can do is lay and cry.
This is such a painful, lonely feeling....hmmmm sounding like the start of a pity party, forgive me please. Normally I just push on thru and accept the pain as a way of life, but the last four months has been too much to take.
If any of you have any words of inspiration for me please send them or post them here. Thank you.

Tarabee
Grapevine TX

hi tarabee, welcome to neurotalk. i'm sorry you are in such pain.

here is a link to our spinal and back forum:

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

also..i'm near you. hubby and i own a business in bedford.

Gosh, Tarabee, wish I had some "words of wisdom." Your condition sounds just awful!

But I did want to welcome you to NeuroTalk. Someone will be along shortly to give you some links to forums that might benefit you.

Meanwhile, there's a Newby forum -- why don't you tell us all about yourself. I mean, you didn't tell us if you had family, your shoe size or if you are a chocoholic... We'd like to get to know you better!

Sending very gentle hugs to you my sore & achy friend. I hope you find some relief very soon.

Ooops! No fair!! That little meddling monkey beat me to it! Thanks Yappy!

Hi Tarabee! Welcome to NeuroTalk! I'm sorry to hear that you're in so much pain. I hope you find some relief soon. Visit the forum Curious posted for you - I'm sure you'll find some people there who can very much relate to your circumstances.

Glad you found this site and I hope to see you around the boards!

Hello Tarabee, and welcome to NeuroTalk.

Thank you for the welcome and the site.. I will visit it now. Nice to have a neighbor!
Hope to talk with you again soon

Welcome Aboard Tarabee!! Glad that you are here!!

First of all no more injections .

And I sent you a Private message . Up top by your name . Roz

Welcome Tarabee! I have some friends who live in your neck of the woods and I used to live in TX but a bit further south.

I pass through there occasionally (shhh don't tell Yappy cuz I never get out of the airport!).

It's nice to have a new member and hope you stick around but certainly am sorry for the reason you are here.

I don't show any private posts. It shows up as 0 messages total 0. Could you maybe re-post it?