Pain Be Gone
The day finally arrived for Jeff to get his neck epidural at the pain specialist. It's looking more and more like he will end up having to have spinal surgery. His desire is to get fake discs in his neck. Before the surgeon can do surgery on his neck, they ordered a pain injection. It can push back need for more invasive treatment.
Jeff was very nervous over the weekend as Monday approached. I remember @myjob mentioned that he could get a very bad headache after this injection. People that he knows mentioned to him that he could have a reaction to the epidural. Because the nerve is right next to the spinal cord there's all kinds of side effects associated with grazing a nerve of this size.
His appointment was at 8:30 am.
. He was instructed not to eat, which was fortunate. What did happen was that he moved slightly during the procedure causing the needle to graze his nerve. Instantly the injection triggered violent nausea and he vomited. I wouldn't doubt that he saw a color wheel burst in his brain upon impact. The doctor warned that nausea could occur.
Jeff said he felt his arm jerk, twitch and he experienced a zing accompanying weird nerve sensations. Jeff was scheduled for a work assignment in Cleveland after the appointment, two and a half hours away, which he promptly rescheduled.
Jeff came home and stayed after returning for a good part of the morning trying to settle his queasy stomach. He was able to eat lunch then go to the airport after a couple of hours to work on getting our plane flight worthy and ready for inspection.
We went to bed early last night then Jeff woke us up after a couple of hours with a bad case of hiccups. The hiccups were strong enough to shake the bed. When the hiccups didn't quit Jeff left the bedroom so that I could sleep. He waited for over an hour and returned to bed only to experience the hiccups once more. Finally they ended and we both were able to sleep for a while.
Today Jeff went to Cleveland and he reports that he has no pain in his neck and experiences restored mobility. I pray he continues to experience pain free days and months. Two discs were blown in his neck from a diving accident in his forties. We feel those accidents more as we grow older!
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I am so happy that he is feeling no pain, I hope it continues. Prayers that his surgery goes well.
Thank you 😊. He just experienced more hiccups while playing a video game. They stopped, but it's a strange side effect. Yes, Jeff got the dogs when he was single. Inara can't stand him gone. Rabbit is her sister and she adores him but isn't as needy. Have a great night and thanks for your words of advice, too.
I love this picture, it shows how much Jeff and his dog love each other
He and both his dogs are inseparable 🥰.
I can understand this, they become like a child. Even though I know the dog that we are caring for belongs to our granddaughter, it will be very hard on me when she can take her back.
I feel that. I fostered my nephew’s kitten last year and had a hard time adjusting after he took her. I'd pretty much raised her ❤. She's a beautiful cat now that rides in his rig everywhere.
I know that I will have a hard time when my granddaughter takes her dog, I have had it for over a year now. But, by the way the dog acts when she comes to visit, I know she belongs with her. She stands at the window and cries when she leaves.
Awww how sweet. I understand. ❤
Best wishes, hope this all works out for the best!
Sounds a bit dicey, these side effects, hopefully it all goes away and the pain stays gone as well! Also praying for your well being, Rose 🌹
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Thank you, dear friend. I'm stable currently. I had Botox last week and I pray it gives me a couple of months pain free. How are you?
Physically I am doing well, I need more strenuous activities but the big load is taking care of mother, running all her medical needs, and finances as well as my own. Then to top it off, Amazon charged me for an unwanted PRIME membership, vut refunded it, after I canceled the card of course 🤬 this was in my secondary account and friggin AVAST did the same thing know my PRIMARY and f'ed that all up for me too!!!
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I'm handling the stress fairly well, but now I need to go thru everything that was paid by the primary card and make sure it gets covered. Big Job
I hate the big corporations
Glad to hear you are stable, hoping Jeff gets his need fulfilled as well 💖
Lovely Couple 💑
My daughter had an epidural during childbirth and had a migraine for weeks afterwards. Glad Jeff has escaped that!
I'm telling you sometimes the medication is almost as bad as problem. He's not complaining though, because he is feeling no pain at this point in his neck. I pray that it keeps his pain and arm numbness away.
Yay! 🤗
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Thanks for sharing, I hope he is restored fully without pains.
Sounds complicated, all the best though
Thank you for the well wishes and for reading and commenting! So far, so good. There are some side effects. He had a bout of hiccups again last night and he did not get very much sleep. The medication in the injection was Kenalog and it is a steroid. Steroids make you very hungry and can interrupt your sleep. But he will take those side effects over the pain.
Godspeed nevertheless