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Has anyone had a Celiac Plexus Block?
I did about 3 yrs. ago.
It is used for severe pain mostly people that have cancer or severe crohns disease.
In my case in didnt work effectively.
There are risks like any other type of drug.
My Dr. refered me to a specialist in pain management at the Best and Biggest Hospital in Hamilton (McMaster University Medical Centre)
There I was on Oct 28/05 to See a Dr. J.B.Forrest scared out of my mind because I wasnt sure what I was getting myself in for.
Would the pain be gone for ever or would this be my last step?One of the risks are paralysis.
The whole precedure takes about 45 mins. under local anesthetic which i felt every time he put a needle in my spine. Every 5-7cm they place a needle down your spine.The steroids and anesthetics administered in four doses in my spine were to last for 3 months. So you would be pain free for about 3 months at a time then go back after 3 months and do it all over again.It worked for about 6 months then the pain started to come back plus I was worried about the side effects. Number 1 was always on my mind would I still be able to walk again? some other risks were hypotension,accidental intrarterial injection, the big D which I already had big time and damage to your kidneys.
This is also to help liver,gallbladder,stomach,small intestines,colon and rectum be pain free living.
Basically, the plexus lies anterior to the L1 vertebral body. Needles are placed lateral to the midline, and advanced under flouroscopic guidance to lie anterior to the vertebral body. A test block is performed with local anesthetic to ensure benefit from the procedure. If the patient achieves good pain relief from the local anesthetic, a neurolytic block, with either alcohol or phenol, is then performed.
In my lingo what it is supposed to do is send signals from your brain to what ever part of your body is in pain at that particular moment that you have no pain. So your brain tricks your stomach or intestines into believing that there is no pain there.
This is how the dr. somewhat expains it to me. But of course they used bigger words convincing me that I would be pain free for months.
Well wouldnt you no I was one of the rare people whose body didnt react to this procedure.
Just wondering if anyone else has had the "C BLOCK" done?
I still have the original date card.For some reason I keep all my appointment cards.
Later
I did about 3 yrs. ago.
It is used for severe pain mostly people that have cancer or severe crohns disease.
In my case in didnt work effectively.
There are risks like any other type of drug.
My Dr. refered me to a specialist in pain management at the Best and Biggest Hospital in Hamilton (McMaster University Medical Centre)
There I was on Oct 28/05 to See a Dr. J.B.Forrest scared out of my mind because I wasnt sure what I was getting myself in for.
Would the pain be gone for ever or would this be my last step?One of the risks are paralysis.
The whole precedure takes about 45 mins. under local anesthetic which i felt every time he put a needle in my spine. Every 5-7cm they place a needle down your spine.The steroids and anesthetics administered in four doses in my spine were to last for 3 months. So you would be pain free for about 3 months at a time then go back after 3 months and do it all over again.It worked for about 6 months then the pain started to come back plus I was worried about the side effects. Number 1 was always on my mind would I still be able to walk again? some other risks were hypotension,accidental intrarterial injection, the big D which I already had big time and damage to your kidneys.
This is also to help liver,gallbladder,stomach,small intestines,colon and rectum be pain free living.
Basically, the plexus lies anterior to the L1 vertebral body. Needles are placed lateral to the midline, and advanced under flouroscopic guidance to lie anterior to the vertebral body. A test block is performed with local anesthetic to ensure benefit from the procedure. If the patient achieves good pain relief from the local anesthetic, a neurolytic block, with either alcohol or phenol, is then performed.
In my lingo what it is supposed to do is send signals from your brain to what ever part of your body is in pain at that particular moment that you have no pain. So your brain tricks your stomach or intestines into believing that there is no pain there.
This is how the dr. somewhat expains it to me. But of course they used bigger words convincing me that I would be pain free for months.
Well wouldnt you no I was one of the rare people whose body didnt react to this procedure.
Just wondering if anyone else has had the "C BLOCK" done?
I still have the original date card.For some reason I keep all my appointment cards.
Later
