Hi

I am in UK and have not heard of the injection. My consultant (who
was just like Dr Hibbert off the Simpsons, laugh and all !!) told me
that there is no cure so just live with the pain. He also said in
an off hand fashion, there is an operation but it rarely works and
can make you parlaysed from the neck down.

I guess I dont want that then, was my reply.

I also have been told that I have Carpal Tunnel in both wrists and
Arthritis in many of my joints, right foot being the worst affected
at present.

A work colleague uses magnetic therapy for her CTS so I got heaps of
magnetic wrist bands, necklaces and rings and they seem to be doing
some good to ease the pain. I cannot take massive doses of pain
killers that have been prescribed as the side effects outweigh the
pain relief but small doses take the edge off a bit.

I am 51 and have always hoped for a long life so I think I have a
long time to get used to it. Keep smiling

Val

--- In Cervical_Spondylosis@yahoogroups.com, "kathy sorensen"
<bedstemor@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi, all ... quiet list, here. I just want to introduce myself.
I'm a
> grandma and have had cervical spondylosis for about a year now. I
have
> tried physical therapy for 3 weeks (they said I had to move it or
lose it
> and after turning my head/neck for an entire session, I was in
more pain
> than I care to remember) and have quit that. I just do the
stretching
> exercises now. They also told me that if I get my head back on
top of my
> spine, I'd be as good as new. They said it can be done. I no
longer
> believe that. I also tried two chiropractors. I think the
pressure of the
> adjustments hurt the inflammation more than it may have helped.
After
> nearly 4 months, I quit them, too. Now my doctor wants me to have
the
> injection. He says sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't. He
also
> claims that some people go for just one injection and it works
forever! I
> somehow don't believe that. How can liquid, injected into the
system,
> remain to keep me pain free for the rest of my days? It's going
to be
> absorbed and then cleansed from my body over time, isn't it?
> Now, after a year of pain, the doctor finally told me that this is
a
> life-long condition. I wish the h..l he had told me that at the
beginning.
> I thought he was trying to cure me! I would have made more
informed
> decisions about the treatment. If I have to be in pain for the
rest of my
> life, so be it. I can handle knowing that. What I cannot handle
is false
> hope.
> Question for all of you: has anyone ever had an injection (either
the
> first, second, etc one) and been pain free for a long, long time?
> Another question: if I have the injection, can you please tell me
what
> occurs when I get to the hospital where the pain management clinic
is? I
> want to know the entire procedure from the night before, to
arrival, to what
> to wear, to position, anesthetic, etc. I can't get a straight
answer from
> their nurse. She seems too busy. But they're the only game in
town, so I
> don't have another choice.
> Thanks for any help/answers I get from you all. I have never met
anyone
> personally that had this, so I've never had anyone to talk with
about it. I
> have friends who listen and commiserate, but ... well, you know
how that
> goes.
>
> If God really, really loved us, he would have made our saliva
taste like
> chocolate!
> Kathy/Mom/Bedstemor in Kenosha, Wisconsin USA
> NEEDLEWORK FOREVER!!! HOUSEWORK WHENEVER. bedstemor@...
>