Hi indiana mama,
I can't believe all of this is happening to you! I do have a few questions:
1. Why did your epidural take 2 hours and 9 attempts? What did your doctors and anesthesiologist say about the cause of this?
2. It would be difficult to say if one thing caused another thing (epidural causing spinal injury...I guess that's what you are asking)?. Perhaps your underlying medical conditions were the reason for the difficult epidural, or it could be the other way around?
I didn't read how you are being treated, except with pain medicine. It sounds like you have gone through every avenue, and I'm wondering what treatment options (surgery, for instance?) have been presented to you?
Even with a diagnosis of arachnoiditis, there is little treatment options for this condition. There are conditions that are just called "chronic pain", and it sounds like this is what you are being treated for...is that correct?
I have not heard of any spinal injuries caused from an epidural, as the epidural does not actually come close to your spinal cord (although it feels like it does!). There can be complications from an epidural, but I have not seen the link between an epidural and arachnoiditis.
I hope to hear back from you, and hopefully we will hear from other women who are going through similar chronic pain, and hear how they are helping to treat their symptoms. Do you feel that you need any additional resources (there are many for chronic pain; it just sounds like you have been through many different types of doctors and tests already).
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Hi indiana mama,
I can't believe all of this is happening to you! I do have a few questions:
1. Why did your epidural take 2 hours and 9 attempts? What did your doctors and anesthesiologist say about the cause of this?
2. It would be difficult to say if one thing caused another thing (epidural causing spinal injury...I guess that's what you are asking)?. Perhaps your underlying medical conditions were the reason for the difficult epidural, or it could be the other way around?
I didn't read how you are being treated, except with pain medicine. It sounds like you have gone through every avenue, and I'm wondering what treatment options (surgery, for instance?) have been presented to you?
Even with a diagnosis of arachnoiditis, there is little treatment options for this condition. There are conditions that are just called "chronic pain", and it sounds like this is what you are being treated for...is that correct?
I have not heard of any spinal injuries caused from an epidural, as the epidural does not actually come close to your spinal cord (although it feels like it does!). There can be complications from an epidural, but I have not seen the link between an epidural and arachnoiditis.
I hope to hear back from you, and hopefully we will hear from other women who are going through similar chronic pain, and hear how they are helping to treat their symptoms. Do you feel that you need any additional resources (there are many for chronic pain; it just sounds like you have been through many different types of doctors and tests already).
February 25, 2010 - 2:49pmThis Comment
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