I pick the wrong times not to get sedation for injections - SI questions

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When I still had a herniated disc with displaced and iminged nerve I had an epidural injection. Wow did that hurt. Like 9.5. The next one I had sedation and that didn't do much good.

So after successful microdiscectomy surgery I still have other pain. I had a facet joint injection with sedation. No problem, didn't hurt at all but didn't help my pain.

So today I had an SI joint injection. Who neeRAB sedation? Last one was a piece of cake. Man did that HURT! 9.5. But that means that may be where at least some of my pain is coming from. The nurabing medication seemed to help and seems to be wearing off about 3-4 hours after. Is that a normal amount of time or is it my imagination?

I did some gardening with not much pain.

I know it will take the cortisone at least a couple days to take effect. Then probably more injections and nerve burning.

I'm hoping it will help my butt/sitting pain. Does anyone else have experience with this? I have pain both in my lower back and rear end radiating down from there.

I was prescribed muscle relaxers for the first time but haven't gotten them yet. I take Percoset.

Maybe there's some hope.
 
Hi! I have had SI injections, facet injections and nerve burning of facet pain nerves. I know what you mean about the sedation-I have had SI injected w/out sedation and it hurt! Now my advice is always ask for sedation. I figure, I'm already in a lot of pain, they might as well make me as comfortable as possible. Also, if you can rest for a couple days after the injections, they will last longer. That is my experience. And I have had way too many of these procedures:) Kera4
 
i too had si injections. the nurabing medicine worked great on my right side but the left side not so much. it was extremely painful, i felt the whole procedure. i was nurab for about 3 hrs then it wore off and my pain increased immensely for one day. by day two i felt great. it only lasted a week though then my pain returned. hopefully that's not the case for you. i would like to know your outcome though. i've only had my pain for 5 months and only had 2 injections so i'm trying to learn what other people go through.
 
jazz, did you have the nerve ablations, nerve burnings, whatever it's called?

For me, they will do the same procedure again to make sure the nurabing wasn't a placebo effect, then will do the nerve burning thing.

The extra nerve pain from the injection is reduced today and if it's like the epidurals I had, should be gone by tomorrow. Hopefully the cortisone will be starting to take effect then, if at all.
 
no they haven't even mentioned that procedure. i go to the doctor on monday. i will ask about it.
if you had some relief from the injection yesterday then today you should feel much better. at least that's how it worked for me.
my physical therapy seems to be helping. my therapist really worked those joints on wednesday (which was excrutiating) but since then i have had major relief. i don't anticipate it will stay this way for long though. keep me posted as to whats happening with you, if you will. thanks.
 
I will try to keep you posted.

I still have some extra pain from the injection procedure which I thought would be gone by today but I'm pretty sure that will go away. Hopefully the cortisone will do some good and start working.

I'm reluctant to try physical therapy. I had some obligatory before my microdiscectomy. They tried a bunch of different things and all of them hurt (without any relief afterwarRAB) or didn't do any good. It was like pseudo chiropractic stuff. But I know they're all different. I don't like paying for temporary relief.
 
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