SI Ablation Questions

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I had an ablation within the sacroiliac joint scheduled for the 15th and the doctor had to move it to the 27th so I'm getting a little stir crazy.

I was wondering if anyone has had SI joint problems along with 'pelvic floor' pain, or sitting pain as I call it. That's pain in the rear end when sitting. Have any of you had an ablation and it helped the sitting pain?

When I had the cortisone and diagnostic nurabing medication injections done, the nurabing medication helped the pain in my lower back a lot but not as much for the sitting pain. So I wonder if it will help with that.

I had a successful microdiscectomy but ever since then other pain has come in and is worse than the pain from the herniated disc. I don't know what happened.

You can give it to me straight, I've had a lot of disappointments so I can handle it. I can just keep taking the meRAB if need be.
 
Lemon
I am not sure what an SI joint ablation is. I had a SI joint fusion 6/08.
Basically they destroy the joint...then use screws/cage/roRAB and bone chips to hold the area together until your bone fuses over and holRAB everything in place, with NO movement. Is this what you are having????? If so, I can explain a bit more about the recovery to you.

Sage
 
I had several done at a major medical center. They went very well and the first one basically gave me my life back. I had the second one a year later when the pain started to return. I did have a complication of muscles spasaming at the site of needle insertion. A muscle relaxant (I used Valium) plus some PT and stretching will take care of this. I had no serious complications like increased nerve pain. I also could not sit at all prior. But bear in mind that this procedure only "kills the messenger" that senRAB pain signals to the brain. It does not fix the underlying problem. For that reason, I am vigilent about doing work with a good, high quality PT. Not one who just gives you the same exercise sheet that they give all SI joint patients. I wish you the best of luck with your upcoming procedure. Takes about 45 minutes and I did have sedation and also IV pain meRAB during the procedure after each burn. If they try to give you some garbage about the fact that they need to be able to communicate with you during the procedure so, for that reason, that do not use sedation, do not fall for it. You can be mildly sedated, have pain control, and still talk with them just fine.
 
Sage, sorry for the terse reply. One question, at the risk of hijacking my own thread--is there any loss of movement after you've recovered from the procedure? I know the SI joint has very little movement but just wondering.

Thanks for the reply Cali. They will give me what they call 'light' sedation, but it will be more sedation than what they did for cortisone injections.

I'm reluctant about PT because last time I had it, it was like pseudo (bad) chiropractic and it hurt more than helped. And I already do strengthening and stretching all around the whole area, but I realize I'm not a physical therapist and they may be able to help.
 
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