Re: Re: trigger points

[Guest guest]

> Good morning Heidi,

> What are trigger points?

> /NY

>

Trigger points are the areas that cause pain. In fibro, there are

specific areas that are considered to diagnose. The term is used to

describe the area that causes or generates the pain.

Bennie

[Guest guest]

> Hi Bonnie,

> I meant trigger point injections. Sorry.

> Thanks Heidi

Heidi,

With trigger point injections, they still inject to the area where they

think the pain is located or area that is generating pain. Thus the term,

trigger (pain) point (area of pain). Sometimes they use that term when they

don't specifically know(like L-5 facet injection) they will say we are going to

try in the area of " L-5, S-i " and see if the injection helps. If it does not,

they will try another area.

Watch it! If they are going to too many areas, that is causing multiple

scarring in injection sites. I am sorry to seem so negative. My first

injections.

Three in a series helped. But they kept injecting me without really explaining

the consequences. The injection material (Cortisone, and others) are abrasive

and break down tissue and discs.

The injections from the needle cause intensive scarring and

aracnoditis. Be careful! Go online and research side effects of

epidermal injections. The consent forms have these reactions but the

doctors never seen to dwell on that part.

I should of known better but I was trying to take a conservative approach, not

be a drug addict, and get out of pain. I ended up at my last procedure being

rejected. It was second in a series of my SI joint injections and they put me in

a gown and I was sitting there and the doctor came back to take me in the

procedure room and said, OOPs, wait a minute.

He read the last week entry and said, " We were unable to inject through your

scar tissue last week and we cannot do any more procedures). UH DUH. That is

why I had hurt like hell from the last injection. The fluid just disperesed in

my tissue and it hurt like hell.

I had a reaction to the cortisone one time, I turned red all

over, sweating, swollen, and my airway was swelling, I could not

swallow. I went to the ER.

I had thrush (a yeast infection) The cortisone had supressed my immune system

and I got a fungal infection. It is very dangerous, do not take steriod

injections lightly. It is a steroid, it can be taken orally also.

So do you research, ask the doctor what do these reactions actually mean. The

doctors that do injections are anesthesiologists and that is their speciality.

They are going to say its great because that is their livelihood like other

speciality doctors say they same.

Most who are pain specialist and anthesiologists don't like to give

medications but have to because they have to have multi modal therapies to be

pain specialists. I now see a pain psychiatrist because thats all that is left

for me: medication, physical therapy, and living.

I was where you are once. Hope I helped.

Bennie