An epidural injection is a nerve block to help alleviate the pain. Doesnt make sense that if you dont know where the pain is coming from that he would want you to have that procedure. Usually there is a procedure done to pinpoint exactly where the pain is coming from. I'm not a doctor or a pain specialist, but from all of my various procedures I do know that. I would definitely talk to your doctor before having this procedure, because why go through it if that isnt the cause of your pain.
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2001 College Ice hockey injury
2002 DDD
2002-2004 epiderals
Spondylolisthesis
1/04 fall in Vegas
1/04-5/04 epiderals
6/24/04 Charite L5/S1
10/04-present new pain from facet joints caused by Charite; 10 facet blocks
12/06 rhizotomy left side
3/07 rhizotomy right side
5/10/2007 Charite removed, anterior IF, posterior instrumentation
180 mg MS-contin; Oxycodone; 16 mg Zanaflex
Last edited by Blairsara; 12-04-2006 at 09:09 AM.
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