Re: painful frustration /Becky
From: Ellen Eggers (eeggers@csuchico.edu)
Sun Aug 12 16:42:11 2001
Dear Becky,
I have had this injection, I believe. I went to a pain clinic and was
given a nerve block. It's an injection of steroids and something like
lanacane to the nerve (the iliolingual nerve). Theoretically, this
should, of course, numb the nerve and eliminate the pain. I've heard
very good things about them. However, mine didn't work. It depends on
whether or not your adhesions are actually affecting the nerve. If not,
this won't work, but there's really no way to know without trying it. I
will tell you this: it was NOT a painful procedure even if it sounds
nasty. It was probably worse for my husband to watch it than it was for
me to undergo it. Good luck. Ellen
At Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Sally Grigg wrote:
>
>Dear Becky, I've never had those shots but have heard about them. We're all
>kind of guinea pigs here, unfortunately. I do think that there have been
>people on the board who have received the injections, though most of them are
>on summer hiatus/vacation. Please let us know the results. You'll become the
>expert unfortunately. Love, Sally