Re: Nerve Block
From: Sherri (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Dec 31 16:57:08 2007
Angie,
For goodness sake!! God bless you, girl! You're right, it is ridiculous
for us to have to endure such things, in the hope that it will provide a
little relief! I also have endo and IC and have experienced similar
situations. I once had a "nerve block" injected into my spine, (how
this was supposed to help abdominal and pelvic pain in the FRONT still
eludes me;if anyone has any insight into this, please let me know!) and
it never did anything for the pain, it actually made me feel numb in the
legs, but have pain at the injection site! It was crazy! I ended up with
a horrible headache the next day that lasted for a few days. The funny
part is that this doc actually asked me to do it again, the next visit!
He said he obviously didn't put in the "right" lumbar space and it was
gonna be trial and error until he got it right. No thank you! I left
that office and have never been back!!
So sorry to hear about your experience!!
--
Sherri :)
At Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Angie wrote:
>
>I just had a very interesting experience last week and I thought I
>should share it. I've posted here on and off for the last couple years.
>
>A brief description of my situation-- I've had constant abdominal pains
>for about two years. I've seen over a dozen doctors in various fields.
>About 6 months ago I was finally diagnosed with endometriosis and
>Interstitial cystitis. I was put on lupron and it hasn’t helped. I’m
>in the Navy in the process of being kicked out for obviously medical.
>I’m taking about 15 different medications on a regular basis included
>opioid pain meds. I’ve had surgery twice and gone through many things
>trying to alleviate my pain all to no avail. I’m seeing several
>different doctors right now including my gyn, an anesthesiologist that
>specializes in pain management and a psychiatrist for depression because
>of my pain. I’ve recently come to the conclusion that there isn’t a
>solution to my pain but am willing to do just about anything to
>alleviate it
>
>Anyways back to my story I had a very interesting medical experience.
>The plan was for the doctor to stick a needle deep into my belly and
>inject a local anesthetic and some steroidal med plus a little
>epinephrine into a nerve bundle. By numbing the nerves our hopes were
>to alleviate some of my pain. That was the plan… I went in and my pain
>management doctor did the injection. At first it didn’t seem like it
>did anything there was a little numbing when he touched my abdomen but
>the pain was the same. As I walked out my leg felt a little wobbly but
>I felt okay so I went upstairs for my chronic pain group. About a half
>hour later I went to get up and I felt back down.
>
>That’s right my entire left leg went completely numb and I could walk.
>Apparently some of the anasttic leaked into a different bundle. The
>doctor had to come get me with a wheel chair and I got to sit in
>observation until a friend could bring my husband to come get me. My
>leg was completely useless for the rest of the day and I had trouble
>with stairs for the rest of the week. It terrified me at first but
>after the initial shock I was pretty okay. Overall it was an
>enlightening experience with no pain relief at all. I was just thinking
>how odd it is and only other people in intense pain would understand.
>The things we will go through for a little bit of relief.
>-Angie
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