Way back in March 08, I shared with everyone about my painful bonus after a volunteer day at the Collingwood Children's Farm. You see, I have a bulging disc at L5/S1 vertebrate, that is pressing against my sciatic nerves for both legs. This causes me nearly constant buttock and leg pain, and the injury occurred in August 2007, which is 10 months next Monday 16th June. I have weekly visits to my Chinese Medicine specialists, Nelson & Eisa, and my Physiotherapist, David. Here is a free plug for you all, and thanks for keeping me going for during the course of the injury.
Coincidently, the ten month anniversary is also the same day that I have the pleasure of receiving a Selective Lumbar Nerve Root block. The procedure is scheduled for 11am, and between you and me, I am a little nervous about it.
It is very similar to the type of epidural that women receive during childbirth (if they want it of course), but this procedure is done on both left and right sides of the disc bulge and a small amount of anaesthetic and corticosteroids are injected near the nerve roots, with the assistance of a CT scan to help the Surgeon to locate the right area. I have been told that it is very safe, and there is a good chance that the pain should go away either instantly or within a few days. I have also been told that it is a 50/50 chance that it will work at all, so I am not going in with high hopes. If it works, that will be fantastic, and maybe the chicken house will get finally finished, and I can go back to work full time. If it doesn't, I will just keep soldiering on, and wait for the pain to go away naturally.
With a couple of days rest, I should be back up and stuck into all the green things in my life on Wednesday. Rock on Monday!
Coincidently, the ten month anniversary is also the same day that I have the pleasure of receiving a Selective Lumbar Nerve Root block. The procedure is scheduled for 11am, and between you and me, I am a little nervous about it.
It is very similar to the type of epidural that women receive during childbirth (if they want it of course), but this procedure is done on both left and right sides of the disc bulge and a small amount of anaesthetic and corticosteroids are injected near the nerve roots, with the assistance of a CT scan to help the Surgeon to locate the right area. I have been told that it is very safe, and there is a good chance that the pain should go away either instantly or within a few days. I have also been told that it is a 50/50 chance that it will work at all, so I am not going in with high hopes. If it works, that will be fantastic, and maybe the chicken house will get finally finished, and I can go back to work full time. If it doesn't, I will just keep soldiering on, and wait for the pain to go away naturally.
With a couple of days rest, I should be back up and stuck into all the green things in my life on Wednesday. Rock on Monday!
Good luck, Gavin, I hope it all goes well.
ReplyDeletealso good luck gavin. nothing worse than lower back pain.think positive . it will work dad
ReplyDeleteThinking of you Gavin. I am sure it will all go well.
ReplyDeleteBest Wishes.