I am scheduled for a cervical epidural on Oct 2 and am a little scared. I have a chiari malformation in which I had surgery for in 2001. I have nerve damage from the chiari. A lot of pain in the neck and shoulders. I also have a syrinx (spelling?) at C5, not sure how big it is…
Has the cervical epidural injections helped anyone?
I’ve never had a cervial epidural. But I have had them on my lumbar area of my spine and they worked wonders for me. I had to have two of them. The link below has info on your syrinx. Good luck with the epidurals. I hope they help!
#1 by Hosedragger18 on January 20th, 2010
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I’ve never had a cervial epidural. But I have had them on my lumbar area of my spine and they worked wonders for me. I had to have two of them. The link below has info on your syrinx. Good luck with the epidurals. I hope they help!
References :
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch093/ch093f.html
#2 by ballarms on January 20th, 2010
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I just had my second one today. Not to worry.. I was nervous too about the whole thing. I worked myself up for nothing. It takes about 5 mins from start to finish. Numbing injection is a minor pinch, but not enough to even flinch over. You won’t feel the next shot at all, just some pressure.
I had the "what if I am paralyzed" thoughts, etc. Not to worry! And this is coming from a professional worrier!
Good luck
References :
#3 by Chiari mama on January 20th, 2010
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A PERSON WITH CHIARI SHOULD NEVER MEVER HAVE ANY INJECTIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE NECK.AS SEEN IN THE ARTILCE BELOW READ NO 18
http://www.pressenter.com/~wacma/bhm-list.htm
#4 by Chiari mama on January 20th, 2010
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Never have an injectionin your neck it can make things worse