Jill Re:WARNING FOR NERVE OBLATION!!/Jill

April 18, 2008

Jill,

I had this procedure done MOnday and my experience was totally opposite of

yours. I was not tied down. Mine was in my lower back so I had to tell them if

I felt anything in my legs. It was a slight tingling sensation and actually

kind of tickled.

My suggestion would be to ask the doctor exactly how the procedure is done and

ask if there are other patients that can tell you their experience with it.

I'm sorry that this happened to you. I know what it is like to have phobias

of being tied down. I suffered a physical trauma years ago and I just recently

began dealing with it. My fiance touched my neck one time and I freaked out

because it brought back those memories of the trauma. It sucks to say the

least.

My question is if the injections didn't work, why would they do the ablation?

It was my understanding that if the injectins didn't work the ablation wouldn't

work.

Hopefully if anyone else decides to try this, they will check into the

procedure first.

in NM

For all of those who have injections and nerve pain I want you to know what is

involved if your Dr. wants you to have a nerve oblation. My Dr. convinced me to

do this after all my injections failed. When I asked what was involved, he told

me it was pretty much the same as the injections while also under sedation. HUGE

LIE!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !! Here's what really goes

on. They put in the IV and give you a mild sedation. Not so bad. Then you lie

down on your stomach and get into postion like the injections.. ..still fine.

Then I should have known I was in trouble because they TIED my hands and arms

down!!!!!!! I have a phobia of being tied down or being trapped, but I was

sedated enough that when I resisited, it didn't help. Next they take the huge

needle and insert it into a nerve bundle....OMG! But here's what just about

killed me off.......then they send an electrical current into the nerve bundle

and you have to tell them if you feel it

running

down your arm. So, yes, you will be awake for this. You are so confused and are

in pain it takes a few seconds to answer, so they are still sending the current.

If it's not running down your arm, they burn the bundle. They burn the nerve

bundle while you are awake....... ..They repeated this in different bundles

about 12 times. I was sobbing. I can still remember it so vividly. I even have

nightmares about it. And my phobia of being tied down....yup, it's worse! Also,

I thought this Dr. was fibro friendly. Do you really think this kind of

emotional and physical trauma is good for someone with fibro? I had it done it

the cervical area last Oct. and my skin still burns and it created more pain. He

actually wanted to do it again....... ..NOT A CHANCE!!!! It cost me a bundle and

made me worse! He keeps saying that I'm resisting treatment so maybe he

shouldn't keep doing pain meds. I just tell him that I have really bad insurance

and it will change in June, then I can start his

" treatments " again. But really I'm moving. I am having an MRI next week because

he thinks I might have a herniated disk. If I do, he won't be treating it.

Jill

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April 18, 2008

,

I'm so glad yours went well! I really hope it brings you relief.....

I have since talked to several people who had the same experience I did. Theirs

were also in the cervical spine, so maybe that's the difference. My dr.'s also

admitted afterwards that it can cause a great deal of pain.....duh. The first

time I had the injections it helped for maybe 3 days. My primary pain Dr. did

it (Dr. Mark). The 2nd time I had it done, I was scheduled with a different dr,

without my knowledge. I'll call him Jackass. Dr. Mark did the procedure with

my MRI in the room which he said he HAD to have to do it properly. Dr. Jackass

asked me for my MRI and I told him that they already have it. He realized that

he hadn't checked and had it sent over. He said, " OH, WELL, I don't need it. " .

I replied, " Dr. Mark said he had to have it for the procedure, how are you going

to do it with out it? " . Dr. Jackass said, " I'll figure something

out........... " and walked out of the room. Typically, I would have walked out,

but they already had me sedated and was quite stoned. Needless to say, it

didn't help. It actually made me worse. I truly felt it was because Dr.

Jackass had messed up. I complained to Dr. Mark, but he was really

uncomfortable with the whole thing. So, do I spend all the money and do it

again, or go with the few days of good results and do the oblation? I took my

chances.....It didn't pay off. I did research it. I could not find much info

on it. And it's not because I spelled it wrong.....I noticed you spell it with

an " a " . It depends on the site or medical text you are looking at....it's

spelled both ways. I spell it with an " of " because both my Dr.'so who did an

oblation on me (the nerve & uterine) spelled it with an " of " . Where did you

find info on it?

Also, I too had a trauma when I was younger and I flip if someone trys to lock

me up or hold/tie me down. I did NOT appreciate being tied down without my

permission or knowledge. You would think dr.'s would know better than to tie a

woman down like that. I had an appt to get a cortisone injection in my knee

last week. The morning of, I got so stressed out, I cancelled. I had to have

another surgery a couple months ago and they had to sedate me big time before

they could get me to calm down. It was really embarrassing, I actually started

crying and coming unglued. I've never done that before surgery. I've always

been very stoic. Now I'm supposed to get an MRI of my lower back. I'm not

looking foward to doing that and might not do it if I can't get an open one.

Let us know if it works for you.............

Jill

Jill Re:WARNING FOR NERVE OBLATION!!/Jill

Jill,

I had this procedure done MOnday and my experience was totally opposite of

yours. I was not tied down. Mine was in my lower back so I had to tell them if I

felt anything in my legs. It was a slight tingling sensation and actually kind

of tickled.

My suggestion would be to ask the doctor exactly how the procedure is done and

ask if there are other patients that can tell you their experience with it.

I'm sorry that this happened to you. I know what it is like to have phobias of

being tied down. I suffered a physical trauma years ago and I just recently

began dealing with it. My fiance touched my neck one time and I freaked out

because it brought back those memories of the trauma. It sucks to say the least.