TRIGGER POINT INJECTIONS...NEED YOUR INPUT!

[Guest guest]

Hello,i have had fibro for 25 yrs along with all the other health

problems that go along with it. I have severe neck,shoulder and back

pain! I'm trying to keep this short. I was in a wreck about 2 months

ago.I was the passenger and we were stopped at a red light and were

rearended with the driver going 45mph!

I did have my seat belt on yet i still hit the dash

with my forehead,slammed the right side of my head on the passenger

window and was jerked something awful! I went by ambulance to the

hospital and ended up with whiplash,cracked off teeth,lumps on my head

and my neck popped so badly! I knew i was in trouble as soon as we got

hit!!

I have had mri's,ct scans,x-rays etc. I follwed up with

my neurologist a couple times and had to go back in to see her

yesterday because the pain is excruciating!! Over the years the doctors

have wanted me to try trigger point injections but i was so scared to

have them for fear something would go wrong! I hated the idea of having

needles stuck into the back of my head and neck!

I decided i had no other choice so yesterday we did

the trigger point injections into the occipital area of my head,down

both sides of my neck,the back of my neck and all across and into my

shoulders. She injected me 15 times!!! OMG....i thought my pain was

excruciating b/4 and now i cannot even put my shirt on or lay down or

have anything touch the back of my head,neck or shoulders!!

I called the doctor ans she said to take 6 vicodine

extra strength a day and go back in to see her on monday. I have big

swollen lumps on my neck and across my shoulders!! My whole body is

throbbing even my face! This is rediculous and all i can do is cry!!!!

I hurt soooo bad!!!

Has anyone had any experience with the trigger

point injections?? Have they helped?? Did you hurt worse after them??

How many did you have at a time?? What did they use to inject you?? I

was injected with 40mg of depo-medrol mixed with .25% of marcaine.

I take alot of different meds for pain yet nothing

is helping at all!!!!! HELP PLEASE!!!!!!! Syndi

[Guest guest]

My friend was in a terrible wreck just like you and she has FM as well. She

broke her neck in the accident and had a closed head injury and has wicked bad

pain every day. She went to the Rheumy and he injected her trigger points on her

shoulders and back and it really helped her a lot. She also has the Novocain

patches and they really help too. After a car accident, it takes SO long for

your body to get back to normal. You have been turned every which way and all of

the muscles are rebelling. I was rear ended by a snow plow and I know how not

fun it can be to have a car wreck.

Ruthie

[Guest guest]

I had trigger point injections last spring on a weekly basis for about

a month. They did not help me whatsoever. I was disappointed to say

the least. I followed them up with injections directly into the

spine. Neither did these injections help. Shortly after the last set

of injections I began to lose my hair and eventually lost almost 2/3's

of my hair volumn. It is just now beginning to return.

Marcia

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> My friend was in a terrible wreck just like you and she has FM as

well. She broke her neck in the accident and had a closed head injury

and has wicked bad pain every day. She went to the Rheumy and he

injected her trigger points on her shoulders and back and it really

helped her a lot. She also has the Novocain patches and they really

help too. After a car accident, it takes SO long for your body to get

back to normal. You have been turned every which way and all of the

muscles are rebelling. I was rear ended by a snow plow and I know how

not fun it can be to have a car wreck.

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> Ruthie

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