Got a date (Discography)

[Cindylou]

Yes, good luck Alison. I never had any sedation with my discogram. My doc said absolutely not. You need to be conscious to determine your pain generators. I offered....I'm pretty sure I can determine them half looped! But, he didn't buy.

[ajj1001]

He thinks that he is able to get me to recognise pain even with light sedation which seems highly likely.:)

[Cindylou]

Good for you....bring on the sedation, I say!

[Lynda]

Good luck Alison, hope its over in a jiffy, will be thinking of you.

Lynda

xx

[ajj1001]

Good luck Alison, hope its over in a jiffy, will be thinking of you.

Lynda

xx

Thanks, i pretty sure i can cope with the actual procedure but its afterwards that i'm worried about!

[Ruth]

I had my discogram with your specialist & was given very light sedation. It didn't reproduce the pain during the procedure - felt no increased pain at all which got me a bit concerned at the time but for about 10 days afterwards it was like a bad flare up so took meds round the clock. Is this the first time you've had one or did you have one pre ADR?

Hope it goes as smoothly as possible.

x

[ajj1001]

I had my discogram with your specialist & was given very light sedation. It didn't reproduce the pain during the procedure - felt no increased pain at all which got me a bit concerned at the time but for about 10 days afterwards it was like a bad flare up so took meds round the clock. Is this the first time you've had one or did you have one pre ADR?

Hope it goes as smoothly as possible.

x

I had my 2 level as an emergency op as I was experiencing reduced bowel and bladder control so "escaped" the disco then.

For post op pain after the adr I opted for an epidural that was put in at L2/L3 and it was extremely hard to put in (three goes from what I can remember) and extremely painful. It did not work with sensation remaining in one half of my abdomen.

In 2008 I tried a caudal epidural which went in ok but caused immediate extreme pain and set off the extreme nerve pain which I still have. Thats when I started on the gabapentin. I then refused to pursue any facet injections.

My history with needles in my back is very poor. I am good at managing acute pain (had 3 kids with no pain medication), its just my bloomin awkward back. :)

[Moni]

- 4th March. Having L2/L3 & L3/L4 tested.
Sort of "Yay" but sort of "eek" as well

I joy with u for the YAY part and I'll pray u calm for the "eek" part!!!

Cheers.
mg

[scduggan]

March 4th!!! WooHoo! I am hoping it gets here soon. I have a really good feeling it will not be as bad as you think. Did you know I am a psychic? LOL!
CD

[ajj1001]

March 4th!!! WooHoo! I am hoping it gets here soon.

I'm looking forward to a nice weekend as the next one will be painful!
I'm going to have a chat with the pharmacist today and see if he thinks its worth pre-emptively upping my nerve meds a bit before the procedure. I don't want to mask anything but i would like to be able to cope afterwards.