Posted on 08/01/2023 2:26:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
What did they think and do and what did you have?
Please look into the following information on boron helping osteoarthritis:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3761669/posts?page=39#39
The chiro thought it was a “back issue” but it was sacroiliitis. My doctor ordered an X-ray and found it.
Pain was lumbar/sacro and was affecting the hips and ability to walk as well. According to my pain doc, Ablation is good for around 2 yrs (ymmv - I’m a year and change from the first procedure and all is still well), but the outpatient procedure is so easy, you can just keep having it done when the previous one wears off (the nerves will grow back). A crap load better than being stoned on opiates all the time (not that you can even get them prescribed anymore anyway). The procedure worked better for me than opiates ever did. Having my first cervical spine ablation in about a week from today. The preliminary outpatient procedures for that (they inject cortisone and a pain killer near the target nerves - if the pain goes away after, they know they are targeting the correct ones and they schedule the actual ablation) indicate that that ablation will work just as good as the lumbar ablation procedure
Thanks much for the info. My pain is from osteoarthritic projections in the L3-L4 vertebrae and is in the rt. lumbar/sacro area (and into my thigh). I’ve had two numbing/cortisone injections and they relieved the pain, but only for a relatively short time. The spine/pain doc has mentioned ablation as a possible next step...if it goes that route I’m hopeful that my results will mirror yours!
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