Good grief honey, I've not heard of those procedures but it sure does SOUND painful!
I'm curious what others have to say. Love you, Dale

I have not had the treatment, i would dream of having it. Over the past few years i have met several people on sites like this who have had them. Maybe one in four are happy they did it, two got no relief, and the other one had bad problems after.

Try bi-lateral facet injections with extra numbing agent in the shots. Of course at all levels effected, a series of three treatments two weeks apart.

Please, I beg you to do this as a last resort only. It isn't i have no faith, it is there are not the great outcomes versus the pain it causes for some.

Please message me or reply here if you are out of options and we can see what we can do to make this procedure work for you.

Ouch

no but i have had the injections ouch has mentioned.these too can give unwanted side effects ,but can give better relief.hope they can sort out some kind of pain releiver ,without eaving you climbing the walls.take care ,sharon.xx

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I was supposed to have these done. The anesthesiologist I was referred to wanted to do bi-lateral SI joint inj., also several facet joints. He was arrogant, rude, & a total jerk. I got a 2nd opion B4 following through w/him, & so glad I did. I found out later, from several sources, how dishonet he was. He was willing to inject what he deemed to be healthy tissue, not in need of treatment, & did more harm than good. He was all about money.

Oops! Forgot to add--he wanted to do nerve ablation in addition to all the other injections.

bump..............anyone???????????
please. .suffering sooooooo badly. . so swollen. . can't EVEn touch either of my upper butt cheeks. . . dying.......

Yes this helps alot of people...They do 2 facet/ medical branch blocks first to make sure those are the nerves causing the pain...if and only if they help is when they will or you should allow them to do the radiofrequency ablation, and if everything goes well you could have some pain relife for 6 month up 2 a year!

Oh it is painful...but ask they may offer sedation!

This is actually the next procedure I will have in a few weeks. They have done the nerve blocks two times to make sure all the sites are correct,and since they have had luck with that....I am hoping to get the ablation done. I know my doc told me that the nerves to not completely die off for about a month, so there may be some time where meds are needed. I am anticipaing this working though, since the injections have helped...they are in the right spots. It may hurt, but for me it will be worth it if it helps for even 6 months. Good luck!

thanks so much for the replies. . i was so desperately looking for someone who, they, THEMSELVES, had HAD the procedure recently done. Wondered what they were told to do, post procedure regarding medication? Ice? How long the EXTRA pain from the procedure itself lasted before it got back to EVEN NORMAL PAIN, never mind, "better"? thanks, all . . .so much
Barb
p.s. special LOVE note and PUBLIC ADORATION: OUCH. . YOU ARE AN AMAZING MAN, SO GRACIOUS, SO KIND, MY "HERO". . THANK YOU. . BEYOND ALL THANKS FOR YOUR KINDNESS.

Babs, we've spoken many times about this but I thought others might be interested in my experience. I had the ablation done on October 8th and initially it made my pain MUCH WORSE. However, now that more than a month has passed my pain IS less severe than it was before the procedure. If my pain level remains this low then that horrible procedure was DEFINITELY worth it.

OH HEATH:
IT GOT BETTER???? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. .I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!! WE SOOOO HAVE TO TALK. . . BECAUSE "THIS PART" . . THE "WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER PART" IS JUST ABOUT THE LAST STRAW, YA KNOW??? OH I'M PSYCHED TO HEAR MORE. . .TTYS!
B

IMAGINE THIS ONE, MY LOVELIES. . . NOT ONLY DID THIS S.O.B. WHO "HARPOONED ME" WITH BURNING NEEDLES NOT!!!!!!! CALL ME ON HIS OWN TO CHECK AND SEE HOW I WAS DOING, HE HASN'T RETURNED TWO!!!!!!!!!! MESSAGES LEFT ON THEIR STINKING "NURSES" LINE (NEVER EVER DOES A FRIKIN PERSON ANSWER), ABOUT HOW HURTING I WAS, HOW SWOLLEN, WAS IT NORMAL?? ETC? JUST TO EASE MY MIND. . THE FUCK!!!
WHY????????????????????????????
WHY do these "DOCTORS"""""" GEt AWAY WITH THIS CRAP!!!!!!!!!!! YOU BET YOUR ASSES ANY SINGLE ONE OF US WOULD BE FIRED FROM ANY JOB IN A SECOND!!!!!!!!!!! IF WE DIDN'T RETURN "IMPORTANT' PHONE CALLS TO "CLIENTS" . . I'VE SO HAD IT!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
B

Try to contact his patient services person or office manager. If you cannot get them on the phone live, ask the receptionist for their email. I get a lot more responses via email or fax than I do hoping to hold the phone or leave a message.

Ouch