Epidural Steroid Injection

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Originally Posted by skinsfan_nn

Had many (countless). Piece of cake, they are usually done at your local hospital so the Dr. that does these injections all day can watch the x-ray machine while inserting the needle to give you the injection in the proper location/vertebrae, no guess work.(However, some Dr's/Pain management offices can do them in house).

Just keep in mind as some get temporary relief some even longer relief, some get none at all. It's just a band aid on the problem, it will not repair a degenerated disc just help with the pain if your lucky. Surgery was the answer for me and now has come leaps and bounds, and talk to your Dr. about a long term real fix to the problem I'm quite sure this will be next in line.

Side note: Many years ago, you could only get three injections a year. I would get those in the first three months. If it gets bad enough you will welcome surgery and never feel better, at least those where my results.

Thats kinda what the doctors said. They scheduled me for this first visit and if I feel some relief they're going to give me two more within the next month or so. I guess I'll see how this goes, but eventually I'm sure I'll have to have some sort of surgery. I'm only 25 so having this type of problem this soon is kinda a bummer, but I'm getting a new position at work since I'm on restrictions and more than likely will have difficulty doing my job from this point on. (I'm an welder for an oilfield equipment company and had the injury on the job.) What type of surgery did they do to you if you don't mind me asking?