Please post your myelogram experiences

Liz · #1 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 12:55 AM

Has anyone developed arachnoiditis after a myelogram? i read about it here --Arachnoiditis -- but wanted to see if anyone on here had experienced it; i hope not. Temporary spinal headaches are one thing, but permanent arachnoiditis is what concerns me.

I've read about a few people that have developed arachnoiditis after ADR and fusions, but i don't recall anyone linking it to a myelogram.

thanks,
Liz

ps... justin, what does your myelogram show? i hope you're feeling better.

runner · #2 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 07:04 AM

Justin,

I was reading this thread again.
I can relate about what you said about slowly deteriorating and what you went through before ADR.
I am looking at 2-3 more epidurals in the coming weeks and just cannot get over the pain. When I started this with the facet block and then the epidural, I could not help thinking that everything was so similar. It is truly disheartening. I hate being a patient. Would rather be on the other side. I am sure you feel the same way.
I feel for you.

runner (K)

Justin · #3 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 11:34 AM

K,

I couldn't have said it better. I feel for you as well. I know you can relate when I say that I am sick of all of these spine issues. It overshadows everything you have going on in life, and you essentially become a prisoner to your own pain. Oh well, I do make a conscious effort to take a mental inventory of what I am blessed with in life despite this temporary pain.

This too shall pass.

PS... Liz, I started another thread about my myelogram findings...thanks for caring.

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Originally Posted by runner

Justin,

I was reading this thread again.
I can relate about what you said about slowly deteriorating and what you went through before ADR.
I am looking at 2-3 more epidurals in the coming weeks and just cannot get over the pain. When I started this with the facet block and then the epidural, I could not help thinking that everything was so similar. It is truly disheartening. I hate being a patient. Would rather be on the other side. I am sure you feel the same way.
I feel for you.

runner (K)