I hope you have better luck than I did. sm
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Lindsay on 2008-08-13
In Reply to: rhizotomy - Mary
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I had 3 ESIs and 3 facet injections. None worked one iota. I worked at the hosp. so the pain doc was nice and did the 3rd facet.
The next thing was a foraminotomy, which barely touched my "90YO neck" at age 35.
The neurosurgeon required a myelogram. Having typed them, it didn't dawn on me how big a mistake I'd made until I got a dural tear from one of my beloved Radiologists. He was just sick about it, as were the others in the group, as they said it happens about once a year. I ended up with chemical meningitis, which required three blood patches! It was awful!
A year later I had a fusion and my vocal cord was paralyzed! 2 Medrol Dosepaks did nothing. About 2-3 years later my voice returned to normal. It sounded like I'd been inhaling helium.
The good side of this is that this is all in the past tense. I still get the paresthesias in one arm, but compared to what I once had that seems like nothing.
Either way, there's no perfect answer. I hope your situation works out well.
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