I just got a LSB yesterday and I was wondering if anyone was willing to share what it feels like with me. I'm looking to see what it was like for people where it was successful and for those where it wasn't. The LSB didn't help with my pain at all and I was knocked out completely for it. While I was recovering, I had numbness from my hip down to the top of my knee for about 30 minutes and then that was gone. From the moment I woke up and tried to move my ankle the pain was just as bad as before the procedure. My left foot was bright red and warm (which the doctor said made it a "textbook" sympathetic block). I had terrible chills while recovering for about an hour afterwards (although that could just be because hospitals are cold but I was shivering violently and I wan't doing that before the procedure) and that caused the pain in my ankle to worsen for a while. About an hour and a half after the procedure I was back home and the pain was so bad in my ankle that I just laid on the couch and did not get up for a long while...not until this morning really. The pain actually felt worse than before the procedure. But regarding the procedure itself and what you felt right afterwards...what was that like?

My 4 LSB were as a sleepy procedures... Only thing I felt was a numb sensation in my groin area for a day or so afterwards.. I never got pain relief... I was scheduled to have 5 blocks but my Dr. said stop.. not working... The temperature in my foot was an immediate warmth which looked promising but nope... no blocky worky!! Same pain otherwise which is now progressed further...

Sorry for your concerns..I hope i helped you!!

KS

My daughter never had luck with the blocks. She had 6 over six months and like you her leg would be warm and red but the pain was the same. Because she is a child they did hers under general anesthesia which made the waking up a little more difficult but no luck with pain relief.

I had only 2 blocks,,the dr openly said that he missed the 1st time,,the 2nd ,my leg turned red and i think it aggravated and incited a spread,,I did ask if he would run a series of them as other had done,because from listen to others,,it sometimes takes a few in order to work,,but i think something spooked him and he refused,but there are some on here that do get relief,,,best of luck,,,bobber

I have a request/suggestion to make in general.

I know that many of us have a hard time typing. But there are times when I am confused by the "alphabet soup" of abbreviations and acronyms. When I make a reference like this, I try to spell it out the first time, so others know what I am talking about. For example:

“My doctor asked if I can tell the difference between the pain of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in my hand. He ruled out the possibility of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) with a Computed Tomography (CT) scan. Because of the spinal cord stimulator (SCS) implant, he cannot do a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan.”

While many of us know all of these letter-codes, someone might look at the same paragraph and go “HUH?” if it read:

“My doctor asked if I can tell the difference between the pain of RSD and RA in my hand. He ruled out the possibility of CTS with CT. Because of the spinal cord stimulator SCS implant, he cannot do a MRI.”

I bring this up because when I saw LSB, the only thing I could think of was “Linux Standard Base” – a computer operating system. I am guessing it might be Lumbar Surgical Block?

I will try to remember this in the future. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hi Catra.

I had a series of three in a three week period. Knocked out, like you. The color and temp in my leg was better, but I got no relief from them. I felt worse after them. Kinda like I had the flu and got run over by a truck. My doc said they would help with the pain. After they didn't help he told me that they were a success because of the temp/color change. Yeah, whatever....They are usually done in a series of three or five. Hope you have better luck. Remember, NO ICE!