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Old 03-12-2009, 10:02 PM
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I had 8 epidurals in the 2.5 years after my auto accident in '97. Most helped. One made me way worse. A couple did nothing. I think that most of is will receive some short-term benefit, even if the injection is in the wrong place. Some of the steriod will get into our system and help everything a small amount.

I think that very few of us will get long-term relief. IMHO, you have to have a unique configuration in which chronic inflammation generates the inflammation. If you shrink the inflamed tissues long enough to get some real healing, they might withdraw far enough so they are no longer being irritated. I think that most of us that get far enough down the road to do ESI's, already have structural issues that are too far gone for ESI good luck.

I'm not saying don't try them. I don't understand (beyond the obvious financial implications) why a doctor would do a 3rd, 4th, 5th, ESI without benefit from earlier ones.

Good luck... all the best,

Mark
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