Chronic Pain Support Group
Physicians and professionalsdefine pain as chronic if it lasts longer than three to six months and is persistent. It's distinct from acute pain that is a direct result of injury or trauma. This support group is dedicated to those suffering from chronic pain. Discuss treatments that have worked for you, find advice for your specific experience, and find support. You're not...
I was wondering if anyone in the Chronic Pain group has had this procedure done or knows someone who has.
My husband had this procedure done almost 2 weeks ago and the pain seems have gotten worse, now we were told this was to be expected, and from what I have read it takes roughly 4 weeks to start feeling any relief. We got a wide variety of answers from the spine center where he had the Rhizotomy , I read everything I could find online and 4 weeks was the general consensus.
He has two buldging discs , c2 and c3 and the Neurosurgeon wanted to take them out and fuse in two steel plates, my husband opted for the Rhizotomy
From what I have read it takes a while for everything to settle down, the area is inflamed at the injection site, but he's miserable. And I read as well that having this done is a 50/50 shot that he will have any relief at all.
I would just like to hear feedback from anyone , good or bad. And what anyone has done to help relieve the pain, he uses ice packs and takes pain killers. Poor guys' been miserable for 2 years, and been poked and prodded, and examined , experimented on.
I am hoping this does work and he does find some relief.
My husband had this procedure done almost 2 weeks ago and the pain seems have gotten worse, now we were told this was to be expected, and from what I have read it takes roughly 4 weeks to start feeling any relief. We got a wide variety of answers from the spine center where he had the Rhizotomy , I read everything I could find online and 4 weeks was the general consensus.
He has two buldging discs , c2 and c3 and the Neurosurgeon wanted to take them out and fuse in two steel plates, my husband opted for the Rhizotomy
From what I have read it takes a while for everything to settle down, the area is inflamed at the injection site, but he's miserable. And I read as well that having this done is a 50/50 shot that he will have any relief at all.
I would just like to hear feedback from anyone , good or bad. And what anyone has done to help relieve the pain, he uses ice packs and takes pain killers. Poor guys' been miserable for 2 years, and been poked and prodded, and examined , experimented on.
I am hoping this does work and he does find some relief.
I hope he gets better soon. I've read that rhizotomy isn't all that effective, and makes the pain worse when the nerve tries to re-grow.
Gentle hugs to your hubby.