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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Spinal Epidural
Anyone had any sort of spinal epidural for back pain? If so, can you let me know if it relieved your pain and how long the relief lasted? Any complications?
After dealing with constant pain for over 3 years, that is their last option with me (cervical epidural). I'm a little scared, but at this point willing to do anything for pain relief. Trigger point injections only last about 5 weeks for me, so the ortho dr seems to think this will help provide longer pain relief.
Re: Spinal Epidural
Wow, that's extreme! How long should this method provide relief for? What are the risks/complications? Is there potential to lose feeling and/or sensation in your arms/legs/fingers/toes?
Yes, this is a very common method of pain relief. I am an x-ray tech and used to work for a doctor who did spinal epidurals. I think you should definitely try them to see if they work for you. Complications are very rare -- you might get an infection at the puncture site or very, very rarely, get some numbness. I can't remember every possible complication. I worked for him on Saturday mornings for 8 months, we saw about 15 people every Saturday and no one ever had any complications that I heard of.
I heard a gamut of reactions from people. Some told me it was the greatest thing they ever did and were able to stop taking their pain meds. Some people said it did nothing at all for them. I would say most people got some relief to a good amount of relief.
And it's not something you can do on a long-term basis. My doctor would do a series of 3 shots, 2 weeks apart for each shot, then wait to see if they work. Long term steroid use is not good for your body. He might do another set of shots 6 months or so later if the first set provided some relief. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll try to answer them for you.