Last week I had my first cervical epidural injection and it helped for the first several hours after. However it caused a severe pain flare. I'm supposed to get another injection next week, but I really don't need to have another flare. I'm wondering if it will work the second time or if I should just call it and not get another.
You know, recently I’ve had a chance to have multiple areas in my body that were generating pain, and I have an interesting observation about it.
Just a little background for context:
I have had #ChronicPain from a lumbar herniated disc for several years. I finally got that fixed with a #SpinalFusion at L5 S1 in April of last year.
As of last month, I was finally on the road to becoming pain free: no more opioids, only using Tylenol and activity (walking) to forego any stiffness I might have. I was doing great!
Then, last month I started experiencing pains in my upper back (between my shoulder blades) and shooting down my left arm all the way to my hand. I finally went to the ER in desperation because of the pain, to discover that I now have a #bulgingdisc in my neck! So, tomorrow I am scheduled at my surgeon’s office to get an epidural to hopefully help my symptoms and give me some pain relief.
A little over a week ago, I took a nasty fall on the sidewalk outside my apartment building. I stepped in a puddle of water with my left foot, and it slipped forwards, while my other leg went the opposite direction. I landed very hard on my right knee, and it hurt enough (and the bruising was so substantial- running from my knee all the way down my leg to my foot) that I once again went to the ER to make sure I didn’t break it. I didn’t; but apparently I tore an artery in my knee (hence all the bruising).
So anyways, after all this long- winded background, my observation is this: at least in my case, it appears that whichever pain source is the most accute in my body tends to take over my awareness and the other hurts seem to fade into the background. While my knee was so painful, my arm pain was almost completely gone from my radar. Now that my knee if better, the arm pain has come back with a vengeance.
Anyone else have a similar experience? #ChronicPain #SpinalFusion #BackPain #Pain
Another Saturday has come and gone, and all I have done is lie in bed with the heating pad all day. My endo pain and pain from a bulging disc are becoming unbearable. I keep wondering if it will ever get better, because it just seems to get worse every day.
#MySymptoms #ChronicPain #bulgingdisc #Endometriosis
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