Do nerve blockers work

[Quasar44]

just more BS or not

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

If you asked my wife (circa 1996) when she needed an epidural for our second born..she'd say NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hossfly]

just more BS or not

They work so well you can cut off your leg and never feel it. 'Til you try to walk, that is.

 

[Quasar44]

They work so well you can cut off your leg and never feel it. 'Til you try to walk, that is.

Sorry for the redundancy on my posts but I feel I hit concrete

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Gabapentin sucks.

I get just as much relief from three ibuprofen or three acetophenone

*****SMILE*****

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

just more BS or not

I'd say no in my personal experience.
I've had the nerves in my hip burned away with lasers and it made no difference.

 

[Indeependent]

just more BS or not

It's very rare when nerve blockers work.
There may be gentle exercises you can do to strengthen the tissue near the pain.

 

[Dekster]

just more BS or not

IDK. Lyrica is what the person I mentioned in the other thread is on. Says it really doesn't do much for the pain directly but it allows them to sleep much better which in turn helps them better cope with the flareups. The only downside is it can sometimes do weird things to their vision.

 

[Quasar44]

IDK. Lyrica is what the person I mentioned in the other thread is on. Says it really doesn't do much for the pain directly but it allows them to sleep much better which in turn helps them better cope with the flareups. The only downside is it can sometimes do weird things to their vision.

Seems it’s a lost cause

 

[Dekster]

Seems it’s a lost cause

Keep chipping away at it. You may have to try a new pill or a new therapy or a surgery or see if you can retire on disability.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Seems it’s a lost cause

If it is you best get your head on straight.
While I'm not ready to give up just yet I'm bracing myself for that possibility.

 

[Quasar44]

If it is you best get your head on straight.
While I'm not ready to give up just yet I'm bracing myself for that possibility.

Was your back caused by job or accident

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Was your back caused by job or accident

It's not just my back.
It's both my back and hip,right now my hip is the biggest problem.
Neither were caused by work or an accident....at least as far as the docs can tell.
I never had a problem with either until I hit around 50.

 

[Quasar44]

It's not just my back.
It's both my back and hip,right now my hip is the biggest problem.
Neither were caused by work or an accident....at least as far as the docs can tell.
I never had a problem with either until I hit around 50.

Seems we both are F for life

 

[Indeependent]

It's not just my back.
It's both my back and hip,right now my hip is the biggest problem.
Neither were caused by work or an accident....at least as far as the docs can tell.
I never had a problem with either until I hit around 50.

Is it weight related?
Lack of exercise?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Seems we both are F for life

It hasn't been a fun journey thats for sure.
The last hip surgery was brutal.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Is it weight related?
Lack of exercise?

Nah....I'm 5'9" and I used to weigh 170.
Rode my bike 25 miles a day except for Sunday.And when I say ride I'm talking at 20 miles per hour so I was in fantastic shape.
I'm at 190 these days which isn't bad all things considered.

 

[toobfreak]

Seems it’s a lost cause

Offhand, I'd say you are prime candidate to go seek out a good acupuncturist. Acupuncture like acupressure have abilities that go far beyond the medieval practices of numbing opiates and cutting nerve tissue. It goes back thousands of years to chinese medical theories of balance and energy, and I've had acupuncture several times by a very good practitioner of the art and was quite impressed that I allowed my uncle to teach me acupressure he knew which an old man had cured crippling foot and leg pain of his with and bought the book he used and found there is much legitimacy to the practice even if western medicine cannot explain the actual mechanisms which allow it to work.

I would get on the blower tomorrow and find me a good acupuncturist in the Nevada area as I know there has to be. And with your $80 lunches, I know the money will be no problem.

 

[Mindful]

Is it weight related?
Lack of exercise?

The last two years, lockdown and all that, haven’t helped. I dragged myself back to the gym last week.