Hi Mark
In my case there was no steroid used, I'm sure of that because I asked. Just local at the time of ablation.
I've heard that some people get relief either instantly or within a few days of the RFA. I know in at least one of those cases steroid is used and I wonder if that is the reason -- it's actually the steroid giving the relief while the ablation takes its course.
Only one set of facets (L3) showed as hypertrophic on scans. But then I've read quite a bit that scans aren't reliable for detecting symptomatic facets and hence the other diagnostics?
Now at 23 days some of the 'worse' pain is abating, but no significant relief yet. Don't know what to make of it but the waiting can really mess with you.
Wonderful that you've managed relief with the shots.
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2005: L5/S1 360 fusion with BMP
2006: Discover BMP has caused bone graft to grow (unintentionally) to L3
2006: 360 fusion L4/L5; bone graft removal from L3
Last edited by beka; 02-13-2010 at 11:52 PM.
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