of the epidural one. He seemed more rushed today and I felt more jabs...yak maybe I should have asked for more numbing stuff...anyway my leg wasnt' numb this time so I had dh drive me to Kmart so I could get dear granddaugher a swimsuit with my giftcard...if you get an rx you got a 25$ gift card, here in MD....check your papers quick, it may have been local....anyway....I got real sore in the store and went home and put on ice then I way overdid it. I fertilized plants and backflushed pool. I am sitting with my ice pack and taking tramadol. I was hoping to get something better but hes's acting like this will fix me for a year....said it takes 24 to 48 hours to kick in...my leg is killing me..I go for one more in 2 weeks if this doesn't do it....then I don't know what if it doesn't work. How did yours go Me bp?

I'm so sorry that yours didn't come out well. I hope by now you've been able to get some relief from it.

Mine never happened. It's a long story but I went there, filled out all the papers and then told I was flushed. I said yes, the heat indices are 105 and I'm hot. But I had a temp and today I feel horrible but still went to work to make up time. But, it doesn't matter much any more anyway.

I hope you feel better soon and that the next ones are not as bad.

I'll be thinking of you and praying that you get some relief. And thanks for asking about me.

i hope you are feeling better. Actually my leg IS feeling better today....last time it lasted about half a week. I tried to not overdue it...but even the normal stuff made my back hurt...hopefully the leg pain relief will last. Are you scheduled for another? I guess the procedure affects your back muscles. I actually watched on the screen where they were doing the struff, saw my spine, etc..

I have had a total of 11 ESI's for the three herniated disc I have in my back L4-5, L5-S1, L3-4, they keep telling me that my MRI dosent look bad at all and that they cannt understand why i am in so much pain the last two ESI's were different than any before going straight to the S1 area and the pics showed great spread of the die, the first one seemed to help alot the tingling in my left foot and calf and some of the pain in m lower back and thigh were relieved. however the second one i had on wed...... felt different immediately with lots of pressure in the back of my thigh, but then normal for the next few hours about 8 hours after I felt like I was being stabbed with hot swards in the spine and my muscle got so tight and it hurt to move I thought i was going to pass out from the pain, I went back into the clinic and was told I was having a flare and that I needed 48 hours of bedrest and percocet and flexeril. well my 48 hours are up and it still feels like sharp stinging pain in my spine with i stand and like my tail bone is going to explode when i sit. I cannt take it I feel like i loosing it metally from the pain and no one believing me or understanding. any suggestions as to where to go or what to do from here. oh I am in a very isolated area and i have very strict insurance. so that limits me but i have began to pay for massage therapy weekely which honestly seems to help more than most things. The drugs just make me more moody and jittery and the percocet dosent stop the pain just akes me not care and hyper which leads to me doing things that make the pain even worse when the meds wear off....... please send any advise or suggestions........ thanks.

I have only had one injection...it hurt me more than helped. My Mom however did really well with it...no pain for a long time...I guess we are all different and also the docs are different...I don't know if that plays a part in it.

dear lindermern, I am sorry that I have trouble with my posts not showing up - it seems that they show up to others but not to me (sent a note to the admin). So, I may have already responded, but if I didn't, I feel badly for you not getting a response when you asked for advice. Having had so many ESI's, I suppose you have already had all the conversations about when to know if it is worth surgery...
but, the one thing I never got told enough is that MRI's don't always show the doctors enough (they didn't even see clearly enough that my spinal cord had been sitting kinked over upon itself all the time I seemed like just a whiner to them until they did actually cut for surgery). Sometimes you have to remind a doctor of something like my experience if they try to make you feel like a drug seeker, when you really are a pain relief seeker (I saw someone with that great phrase as their signature here). Sometimes you have to go to the trouble (and it's a LOT of trouble) of finding a second opinion. Make sure that your films are recent enough, although it is now known that getting extras is not worth the cumulative radiation dose. But if you haven't had one for more than a year, and your pain level changes rapidly, you really do have to consider doing new films, second opinions, etc. And, if it is time for surgery, second opinions. Although surgery itself has some danger of causing lasting pain, it can also completely cure pain sometimes, so you have to at least consider it.
I really hope that since your last post your pain has resolved and you have all the pain killers you need. A good pain killer should be able to be dosed (an opiate) so that you don't have brain fog, if opiates work for that pain.
Good luck
Jane

i had them in my neck. first week or so was a bit more painful, but after that the pain had been reduced enough so that i could sleep at night.

I had the shot in my L-spine back in December. I had immediate and continued results and have been able to sleep much better. I still hurt in the morning and have trouble picking things up, but I start PT next week and hope to have more relief. I reccomend it, at least to try it and see if it works for you.

My next set of C5-6-7 steroid injections is still 2 weeks away, and I'm counting the days. Left it too long before arranging, so will book in a month earlier next time.
Limbo land until then.

I have had them all. You name it. I am at a point where my doctor has said that I am just one of those rare hard to treat people that has very sensitive nerves even though my MRI's don't look as bad as I feel so I am left to find more intense treatments. All that to say: When they worked for me it was incredible. Sometimes it took three before I even felt anything, but when it kicked in it was awesome. I went about 6 years one time without needing them.

They are not bad to get and if they work it is fantastic. Don't give up after the first if it does not work. It may take 3 and sometimes 4. good luck