ding ding. . Round two

tjt6768
tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
edited 31. Mar 2014, 11:03 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi folks. Sorry I've not been around to support everyone. Hopefully it's implied lol.

I am currently sat in the waiting room at the David Beevers Unit in Jimmy's Leeds.
I'm having radio lesion therapy for the second time. They are burning off the four nerves in my lower spine. I had it done about 18 months ago. Was a nasty procedure. I believe they didn't use enough local anaesthetic. It worked for my back pain 100% for a full year!
so fingers crossed pleased. Lol

Catch you on the other side. :lol:
e050.gifMe-Tony
n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
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Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP

Comments

  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'm there with you mate - good luck. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    With you Tony,think about a nice stroll down Skeggy pier. Mig
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you dear girls :D
    I'm still waiting to go through. Adorned in splendid hospital gowns and pants made of tissue paper lol. .
    I hate these pants!!!

    Hope I'm not through too late. I was last on the list before. Went through about four o'clock. I'd been here since 8.00


    Signal isn't the best so I hope this posts.
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    tjt6768 wrote:
    Thank you dear girls :D
    I'm still waiting to go through. Adorned in splendid hospital gowns and pants made of tissue paper lol.


    Oh dear Tony, I hope you don't sweat :shock:

    Hope it goes well, and painlessly, and you get some relief.
    Numpty
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Lol numpty....... So do I :o :shock:

    I have a strange fellow sat at the side of me who keeps licking his fingers and cleaning his legs like a cat :o thought this was the hospital not the vets. Lol

    I'm bored. . Was first here but knowing my luck I'll be last one through.
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,280
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Tony this is brilliant that you got relief ..for a year I might just ask about this, they have run out of injection to give me :roll:
    Good luck with it and make sure you tell them to use more anaesthetic.. :shock: will be thinking about you x
    Love
    Barbara
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Has he got hairy palms. 8) it's not Mel is it :?: Mig
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I would have known if it was mell. He would've been cowering inadd the corner in case I spotted him lol. .

    All done. They gave some mild sedation so was much easier. I'm now waiting for the best toast in the world (that toast always is Haha)


    Thank you all for tagging along with me. I know I have earnt it as I've been hiding away from you all.

    :D:D
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • dibdab
    dibdab Member Posts: 1,498
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Lovely to hear from you again! Hope it goes well and lasts at least as long.

    Maybe move along a seat away from the strange man............

    Deb x
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    On recovery Ward now. Waiting for my lift home.A tad sore but ok. It'll get worse before better though haha. . It wasn't as bad as last time as they gave some sedation. Just having a cup of tea and some toast. Doing ok but worn out.
    Hope you are all ok
    .quote="dibdab"]Lovely to hear from you again! Hope it goes well and lasts at least as long.

    Maybe move along a seat away from the strange man............

    Deb x[/quote]
    But he was the only entertaining thing going on lol.
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,280
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Tony I hope it works even better then the last, I am very interested in this the pain clinic have ran out of ideas now...and injections... :o good that they gave your some sedation make things much easier...xx
    Love
    Barbara
  • Starburst
    Starburst Member Posts: 2,546
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello Tony, good to see you around. Glad it went smoothly and I hope you get some good results from this procedure. Do you feel nice and floaty from the sedation? :D
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'm glad you're done and dusted mate, I hope they help but make sure you give them the best chance of so doing, yes? Please have a quiet week-end and I hope you sleep well tonight. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • villier
    villier Member Posts: 4,426
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sorry Tony missed this earlier, so glad it went well keeping fingers crossed you will get great relief as you did he last time(hope you didn't have too much saturation in Kegs :lol: ) gentle Loch Lomond hugs (((())) let us know how you get on........................Marie xx
    Smile a while and while you smile
    smile another smile and soon there
    will be miles and miles of smiles
    just because you smiled I wish your
    day is full of Smiles
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 8,899
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello Tony
    I hope it helps this time good luck. how is janet.
    take care both.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • mike26
    mike26 Member Posts: 416
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Glad it all went as good as possible for you tony,
    now you can put your feet up and ave a good rest.
    time for nice cuppa and cake me thinks,like mig said youll soon be
    having some fish and chips down sunny skeggie 8)
    well done tony and good luck..
    mike..
  • GraceB
    GraceB Member Posts: 1,595
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Tony,
    Good to hear from you. Great news that this may help you.
    It's always the worst bit, isn't it? Hanging around, aimlessly waiting...
    Hopefully this will prove to be as effective for you this time as it was before.
    Take care,
    GraceB
    Turn a negative into a positive!
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you thank you thank you :D

    Barbara, you must mention this to your pain clinic hun. It is really worth looming into.

    As for my paper knicker soakage... :shock: lol
    it was not too bad considering lol

    I'm still resting in bed. The local has obviously worn off now. So I'm a tad tender in the lumbar region. Have added an extra 25mcg fentanyl patch to my usual 50mcg.
    so far it's still not touched the pain and I'm really struggling to get comfortable at all.

    I hope that you are all alright. .

    Catch you all soon. :D
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I hope that things are easier today - I remember the feeling in my knees when the local wore off after the aspiration-and-steroid injections - utterly horrid. :( Keep resting mate, we want these to work, yes? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope the procedure does it's magic for you and helps control the pain. I used to have lignocaine infusions every six weeks, had to spend the day on the ward and had a cannula in the top of my hand and had lignocaine pumped into me which helped me but one time I took a turn went light headed and the consultant thought it was starting to effect my Epilepsy so it was stopped. My G.P has suggested I see a pain clinic again in case there is something new I could try, I haven't been referred yet. You rest up for a couple of days my friend and let it get to the places it needs to so hopefully you will be bouncing about!
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you girls. . :D

    I got up and in the shower this lunchtime. We have a wetroom shower with a seat so I just sat for a while lol.
    I got dressed and went to pick Janet up from work. Was a bit uncomfortable sitting in the car but I know it'll ease. .

    Hope everyone is ok.

    Bubba.. The infusions sound fun :shock: not lol.
    Dr Bush is the top man here as far as I know. I really like him. I've be under his care for about ten years now with one thing and another. .
    :D
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP