I've got sort of the same problem and I think it drives my pain mgt doc a bit crazy when she tries to document my case and treatment in that when I have good days, I feel ok and can function and do not require any meRAB - on the bad days, I can't stand up straight and the pain is very intense, my feet start to go nurab and pain starts ripping up my legs and into my back if I walk or stand for more than about 10 minutes.
There really doesn't seem to be a trigger for these events unless I clearly over-do it one day and I know I will end up paying for it later that day and for the next few days.
I had good results with the radiofrequency nerve ablation (was treated about 10 months ago) and have an appt for this week where I wanted to go get zapped again but I've changed insurance companies and the specific plan I selected had some additional fine print I didn't fully understand at the time and now it looks like the RF treatment will be a hefty out of pocket expense under my current plan. If I can hold things together until next Feb when I can change plans, then the current doc will be 100% covered after the plan deductible is met. So, I will talk with the doc and explain things to her this week and unless things just get intolerable, then I will probably continue to have good and bad days until next Feb.
About a month after the first RF treatment, the good days started to outnuraber the bad days by a large margin but over the last month or so, the ratio has changed so I think the nerves have started to grow back from the first treatment.
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