Newbie question, meds v rhyzotomy

[justlooking]

Hey there!

They told me my problem was with the L4/L5 facet issues. I also have scoliosis at a 31% curve. Went to Stanford and they told me while it sounds bad, it really isn't as they see people with much larger curve. Right now I'm self diagnosing and thinking it might possibly be hip bursitis. Basing that theory on a friend of mine who kind of has the same general night time pain and that's what they told her. Plus several of my reports had mentioned that too. See another doc about that on Friday. All I know is that I'm tired of this and it needs to stop! I think I've had every test known to man right now and they all come back saying the same thing, they can't find anything. Which I guess in a way, that's a good thing. I did find something interesting on the internet called TMS (sorry, forget what it stands for) which kind of sounds like it but who knows. In the meantime, I just kind of have to rely on what works and what doesn't work theory for right now.

[mmglobal]

have you had a discogram?

[diver110]

What I actually got was a radiofrequency ablation. Sad to say, it did not work. See the San Diego pain doc tomorrow, head back east on 8/1. In the interim, I am being treated by a physical therapist/yoga person. She says the real problem is not left L3 (where the ablation was done) but a tight right L2, which triggers the L3 pain (the L2 problem is caused by scoliosis). I am getting some benefit from her treatment...