Hi dzydvl,
Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble. There are some similarities in our situations.
I had a Charite disc implanted in 2003. The evening of the surgery the facets were screaming. RF treatments gave little relief. The Charite was replaced with a fusion cage earlier this year. Now at five months post-op my post surgery pain is similar to my pre-surgery pain although the pain level has come down slightly and it seems I am very slowly improving. I started back to work part-time this week. I am optimistic I will continue to improve slowly as the two vertabras(sp) fuse.
Maybe do a facet block at L3-4 to confirm that level has calmed down. Then do facet blocks one at a time at each level to get an idea of which levels are the most hosed.
I feel for you. I've had problems with only L5S1 and it has made my life miserable since 2003. Good luck and keep us informed.
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Jim
2003 L5S1 Charite
1981 L5S1 Discectomy
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