Friday, I met my new pain management specialist/anesthesiologist. It’s become a general idea that we will continue with trigger point injections so long as I feel like they are helping. There is a possibility of needing something more such as an epidural block but no point putting myself through more than necessary, right?
I can tell you how much of a relief it was to only have to go the distance I would to get to my doctor and not have to drive all the way to Iowa City.
This is the first round of injections that we have done steroid with the anesthetic. Obviously a steroid is going to have it’s benefits but also side effects-that I wasn’t ready for. Friday night, I started feeling flushed and feverish. Saturday, no matter how I felt-I had plans to hang out with Tanya and I was gonna go have some fun. I realized I had a fever shortly before I took off for Tanya’s so I had to down some water and Tylenol. I had the racy heart feeling which made me believe I was dealing with the effects of the steroids.
Today, I have a few spots very irritating. I know it’s to be expected but I’m not sure a difference in “muscle” feeling. I have physical therapy tomorrow that we’ll work on me a bit and I’ll see what she says. Ultimately, I don’t know if adding the steroids at this point were worth it. I’m still keeping an open mind but if I’m gonna fill all these side effects again, whew. It has sucked the life out of me and I have noticed me “swollen”. I did try calling by on-call doctor just to check in and hey, they never called back. Can’t say I didn’t try telling them what was up.