On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:07:20 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 8/28/2012 10:02 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> I strongly suggest a second opinion. Good luck and I hope you have a
>> full recovery. When I began experiencing severe back pain some 20
>> years ago surgery seemed to be the soup of the day. The two
>> Orthopedic surgeons I went to just wanted to cut, that's what surgeons
>> do. I consulted with the doctor at my work and was advised to see a
>> Neurologist and one was recommended. New CT scans were done and I was
>> told that surgery wouldn't help and would lead to more surgery that
>> would eventually put me in a wheel chair. I went through a short
>> course of physical therapy that didn't help at all. Finally I had the
>> shots, three sessions over three months. After the first two sessions
>> nothing, no effect and I was about to give up, but the morning after
>> the third session the pain was totally gone and still. I still have
>> two herniated disks, spinal stenosis, and arthitis deposits, but no
>> pain. My instructions are no heavy lifting, no twisting, no reaching
>> up high. It works. I take no pain meds either. If the pain comes
>> back I will have the shots again, and they are totally painless, don't
>> even feel the needle.
>
>I've already had epidurals. The first one helped, the second didn't.
>I've done Pt - no help there at all. I think I've tried everything
>which is why it led to surgery. Surgery is the only thing that can
>repair this now.

Hopefully this time it'll work, good luck.