I guess the jury is in. It's been 6 full days and there is no improvement.
I'm actually glad that this is so unambiguous. There is diagnostic value here. Injections into the joints are successful, but the epidural injection is not. I'll have to reverse my opinion that the facet an similar injections have a cumulative systemic value that generates postive results even when they are not in painful joints.
Maria, this epidural was over about T7 or T8 and was done right over midline. All my other thoracic needle procedures approached from about an inch or more off midline.
Bone scan next. I'm also considering a standing MRI to see if my benign looking disc herniation might not be so benign under axial load.
Mark
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