If that's the only thing you have to do for a bad back and or nerve damage your lucky. Wait till they start injecting needles into your spine with dye and steroids Ect. It's an outpatient surgical procedure and sucks.
I know all about it. Have done a consult for cervical injections. The pain mgmgt doctor was going to inject me and I don't even have a disc sitting on the nerve. I've been told both - yes, it's the disc. No, it's not the disc causing the problems. In the end, I opted out of doing it. No guarantees with that and it sounds sucky.
I'm no doctor, but at this point I believe my lumbar pain is caused from either arthritis or nerve damage. I have no idea why my neck hurts and neither do the doctors.
Thanks man, I sure appreciate the vote of confidence.
Don't worry, I'll be letting the lady know everything beforehand (likely about 10 times). Hopefully she's not a sadist!!!
I jokingly told a nurse that I was afraid of needles (she could see visible piercings and tattoos). She said that just makes it more fun for them. She said if I passed out, she'd have a funny story about the big, strong man that took a needle worse than a 5 year old girl. I wasn't bothered by needles or drain tubes being removed after a surgery so she didn't get a story but the look on her face left me wondering if she was just joking or if she was a sadist.
I've got back issues from a car accident as a kid, playing contact sports after that, and years of heavy lifting. I've had trouble convincing my doctor that there is something wrong with my back (started having back spasms around 10, probably 5 years after a roll over where nobody was wearing seat belts). The guy likes running tests for just about everything but didn't feel the need to when I was complaining about weird grinding feelings in my back, constant pain, back spasms a few times a month that make it so I walk like I'm a 90 year old man that lived a hard life, and numbness down my right arm. I'm not sure I'd be for back surgery as I know a few people that have had different constant pain after the surgery. The only thing that has really helped was Soma, a chiropractor, and deep tissue massage. I've rarely gotten Soma (I believe twice in about 20 years, been given pain killers which did very, very little).
Thanks buddy. It's not the pain I'm worried about, it's that horrible thought of a needle being inserted. It's horrible, I have nightmares about crap like that. I know, it sounds pathetic.... Even I laugh about it before the shot. Come needle day I can assure you no lol'ing will be had!!