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Originally Posted by Dubious
tdouglas,
You have a central canal that is severly choked down. Only your clinician knows your exam findings and can make a determination for ESI or not. But if conservative management, oral non-steroidal and steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, PT, etc., has all failed, then why not go for the ESI?
I can't tell you how many times I've seen such a procedure drag someone out of the depths and despair of surgical consideration. ESI too may fail, but if your doc is recommending it, at least you won't go into (potentially) surgery without a fight! And believe me that ESI is a hiccup compared to the inconvenience and disruption to your life that decompressive surgery would be!
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Thank you for your take on the situation. I'm definitely getting the injection in about a week, so no worries there. The neurosurgeon didn't seem to think it would help much, though, so I'm not expecting much from it. Of course, I'd be ecstatic if I could get relief from it and finally be pain-free for the first time in 16 months. I did forget to ask what procedure I would need, but my follow-up is on the 17th of next month, so it's not too far away. I used to think it would be a laminectomy, but now I don't think that's correct.
I'm going to do a ton of research on the injections and find out just how successful they are and find out what I can reasonably expect.
11-27-2012, 04:10 AM
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