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06-05-2012, 10:03 PM | #41 | |||
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It sounds like your BP block may be the same as the anesthetic block they do for outpatient hand surgeries. I'm very curious as to what relief (if any) you experience over the next few days.
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06-05-2012, 10:10 PM | #42 | ||
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Marc I think its the same BP Nerve Block that Dr. Jordan had talked to me about last time.
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06-05-2012, 10:13 PM | #43 | |||
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http://www.shoulderinstitute.co.za/p...ECTIONS_WM.pdf
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06-05-2012, 10:28 PM | #44 | |||
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How long are you restricted from driving?
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06-05-2012, 10:33 PM | #45 | |||
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I wonder if it can provide relief for post-op patients as well? I don't think I need it now but maybe it could have helped me with the nerve pain that lasted weeks after my left side rib resection and neurolysis.
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06-06-2012, 06:59 PM | #46 | ||
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I don't drive, I take public transportation in NYC so I wasn't really given a restriction. However, I also don't even allow myself to drive when I am for example, in Toronto because I get sharp random pain in addition to the constant pain in my neck and shoulder and am too afraid I will crash. I couldn't use my arm/hand until 7 am although it was still numb and tingling and had gotten the block around 3:30pm the day before. |
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06-08-2012, 09:18 PM | #47 | ||
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I spoke to my neurosurgeon today who ordered the BP block. Apparently the anesthesiologist just confused me since he was more focused on the more longer term relief over a few days rather than the immediate relief that would indicate the block was positive. Because I did not feel any pain while I was numb for several hours, it is supposed to mean that it worked for me. My neuro is sending me to another doctor to re-do the block specifically to the lower trunk since this other one let the medication go to all trunks.
It didn't last for me, I am in just as much pain as I was before the block by today, but for some, it can have a little longer relief. My neuro also said the scalene block is more general and wouldn't help specify how much a role the BP is playing, which is why he is not recommending that for now. Makes a lot more sense to me now |
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06-08-2012, 10:13 PM | #48 | ||
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06-09-2012, 07:12 PM | #49 | ||
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Yes that's true, that's why I asked my neuro why he wasn't recommending the scalene block vs the BP, since it is usually used to diagnose TOS. He didn't say it doesn't help as well, but just that it is more general. The lower trunk BP block would specify exactly which nerves are the problem in my case. I will wait before doing it again though, I am seeing the vascular surgeon next week.
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06-09-2012, 08:04 PM | #50 | ||
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