Back Pain Support Group

mslaurie-
Did you get your shot?
I got to the surgery center and the lady was rude and said I had to pay a $500 co-pay all of no shot. I left, called doctor and fussed and now getting it Tuesday the 20th at the county hospital. Suppose to be no co -pay.

Got my first shot yesterday and so far I can't tell much difference except my injection site is pulsing. Had to come back to work today and this office chair is so uncomfortable. Trying to make it thorugh the day though. He has already schuduled the second for Nov 3rd. We will see.

They didnt work for me. And after the operation i was worse than before it. I will never ever have the operation again.

I've noticed lots of people don't finish the series because the shots are painful and don't seem to make an immediate difference. I felt the same way but finished the series - then had 6 more shots for the arthritis that set in. I didn't see the difference immediately but the buldging disc's dissapeared in a couple of weeks. Then I went for accupuncture for the nerve pinching... 3 months then it finally worked. I don't know, but maybe finish what was started and see if it makes a difference ??? (ps... Dr's seem to forget that the financial part can be soooooo stressful for patients ...then in turn makes the pain worse).

I have had injections 6 times in my hips....it takes a few weeks to really tell if they work. I can say that it helped a bit enough for the pain to be tolerable.....the shots in my back did not work, however like peolpe have said everyone is different it DOES work for some I say give it a try but wait a few weeks to see if it has worked

The shot itself was not painful for me as my doctor used sedation and I was out. After I woke up I was really wobbly on my legs and went home and slept. Today has been one week and so far I can not tell much relieve, if any. But I will go through with the series and see if it helps, because it can't hurt much worse then now.

Going to get the second shot Tuesday, since I am alsleep it was not real painful. The doctor said my insurance makes him try shots first. I wonder why he injected about 4 or 5 inches to the right of my spine.