| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Viewed: 4/26/2024 Occurred: 10/3/2022 |
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| Topics: #Arthritis #Health #LumbarSpinalStenosis #MedialBranchBlock | |||
| The placebo effect can go either way. | |||
On the 18th (two days ago) I had my second medial branch block. This went much better than the first, primarily because I didn't have a migraine for this one.
As before, I was asked to keep a pain diary for the rest of the day.
| 12:30 - 4:30 | Pain level 0 |
| 4:30 | No "pain" but back is getting stiff |
| 5:30 | Pain 1 (stiffness) |
| 6:30 | Pain 2 |
| 7:30 | Pain 2 (Packed and moved some boxes) |
| 8:30 | Pain 0 |
| 9:30 | Pain 0 (Walked dogs) |
| 10:30 | Pain 0, going to bed |
This was very encouraging, because it means I am eligible for the next, semi-permanent, solution: a Radiofrequency Ablation, which is scheduled for November 22.