epidural test succesful

[Guest guest]

Hi got another pain doc to do the test

Today I had a diagnostic epidural block and I was pain free for 4

hours. This hasnt happened in like 6 years.

Today they injected 5 differnt things via the epidural inserted and

the 5th one caused my arms, body from breast height to below my

navel to be numb and the pain disappeared.

I dont quite know quite what this means and whether, it means that

they can put a block? epidural catheter or somethignm else in to

stop the pain.

Does anyone know what this could mean?

I go for another test next week, but today I was so happy at last

something that stopped my pain

below is what they did on the test

it took him 75 minutes to get the epidural needles in with misses

you wouldnt believe he calle din

my old pain med guy rob, got my old files i told him it took rob 90

minute to do it when he was

half way though and so they grabbed all files and sure enough I was

right

well test 1 I reckon was saline I started at 5 no change

test 2 no change

test 3 worse went to a 6 point felt in right then 5 then 4 then 5

test 4 pain 5 pain to left and no change

test 6 well I was over the moon took 4 hours for the block to work

off. on test 5 though was pain free/ totally numb breast to below

navel and arms for 4 hours and no ****ing pain eg 0/10

I had no feeling eg totally numbed across arms and body ...and this

means um................?

I have no idea what this means....with the block working or what it

was in it? any ideas? and what

this means for treatment? eg maybe a spinal stimulator or implant

pain pump? your thoughts?

Thanks in advance

Debs

[Guest guest]

Debs,

this might mean that a pain pump would possible work well for dealing

with your pain since the needle for the pain pump goes in the spine like

an epidural. It's at least some hope that something can deal with the

pain. With pain pumps, you use much less pain meds to deal with the

pain, so it would also cut down on your issue with constipation from the

pain meds. I would definitely ask the doctors what they intend to do

after this?

Kimber

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Kimber

Vallejo, CA

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Note: All advice given is personal opinion, not equal to that of a licensed

physician or health care professional.

[Guest guest]

Hi Kimber

yes thanks.

I was stunned it worked again , this time it was the only med I wa

soneg last time, I was on PCA fentanyl in hospital and so it was hard

for me to remember

I wa sso excited, but unsure what th enext step would be as well you

cant work with numbe body and and arms.

But at least it had an effect, so I will definitely be askign about a

pain pump

thanks

debs