That is very good news Vrae! It must be simply nice to feel SOME relief!

When I had blocks, the site soreness went away within a couple of days, so I hope yours does too.

Hopefully the relief will allow you to start using your body parts more normally again, which can build on itself and help even more. Be very careful not to overdo it though; sometimes that happens with the new found enthusiasm.

Good luck to you and be sure to keep us updated!

YAY VRAE!!!! So happy that you have found some relief. Having such relief from the first block is promising!! Yeah, my last pain dr didn't use any sedation (the one I saw before him did) and he did SGB's, lumbar and cervical blocks on me. Honestly I prefer no sedation because of how I would feel later in the day. The soreness of the injection site will go away, for me it was within a couple days. I will not lie, sometimes it hurt like hell and I cried at times, but I kept telling myself this was temporary, it will end soon. The psychologist I was seeing for the SCS neuropsyc evaluation taught me how to breathe during these procedures, it helped because I forget to breathe and just hold it...that doesn't work too well

My dr used numbing medication, like lidocain, before the steroids. I wish I could get some more of these blocks, but as usual for me I started having adverse reactions to the steriods

I truly am sooo happy that you have gotten some relief!! You definitely deserve a break with all that you have been through lately! Are you scheduled to have any additional blocks??

Nanc

So very HAPPY for you Vrae!! Sedation or not you're still brave.
Who knows ,even with the hormones maybe Flo will be easier to tolerate
because you've got some extra pain relief.
Maybe we should start up a support group for our spouses/partners who
have to deal with us. (ha-ha) Your's sounds like a pretty good sport.
I'm interested in how long the blocks work for you.
I'm going on #22 in the neck & I'm thinking of trying to stretch them out a bit.

Vrae - I'm ecstatic for you!! Any day with diminished pain is a gift. Enjoy!!

I've had 4 lumbar sympathetic blocks. Im not sure how different that is from what you had. I had immediate warming of my ice cold right foot and pain diminished. It came back but not as severe. For me it was worth it.