an epideral steriod injection
 

After 9 weeks of pt 2xs per week after my Radiofrequency-im STILL IN PAIN DARN IT. my pt told me today that i need to go back to the pain dr. that i should have better relieft by now. my left leg has becoming more of a problem everyday. it feels sooo heavy and i have pain downt to the bottom of my calf, into my ankel. MY pt says i will likely need an injection because he can feel inflamation and stiffness around L5 S1. He believes my narrowing of the spine down there is causing the nerve to be inflamed and that sometimes stretching and PT can open up the pathway for the nerve. but not in my case.
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I had that epideral steriod injection last tuesday. on Friday it felt a bit better already, but didnt last long. WHY didnt the dr do both left and right side? my right side didnt hurt as bad but still did hurt, now my right side is hurtting HORRIBLE i go back ina couple weeks for another injection for th left side.
OH this all just stinks, just fix it i want to scream. im thinkng of swtichign drs again and going to meet w a place that does surgery to see what they say.

re esi
 

Sorry to read that so far nothing is helping your pain. I'm not sure what all your prob is so can't say what might or might not help tho perhaps it's time for a surgical consult if you've not had any luck with conservative care and you've been at this for a while now.

Maybe you need more diagnostics to reveal the true pain generators.

I agree with Maria. Figuring out pain generaters can be tricky in and of itself. However, once this is firgured out and treated correctly....It can make life more able to deal with when it comes to this.

Kris,

Any update... how is the longer term outcome from your injections?

What does the doctor say?

Mark

i visited another dr to get an opinion on my back..said the same as the others, that im not bad enough to be a surg canadite, and that i need to keep with all the other treatments....... so i go on tues for another epideral injection. boo.

Is the 'not bad enough' statement based on your level of impairment, or on the appearance of your imaging?

Mark