Caudal Analgesia - anyone had it?

moggylover

Have been offered caudal analgesia for on-going back and sciatic pain and I was just wondering if anyone had any experience of this and how you found it?

Also a big coward about it as I had a lumbar-puncture many years ago and they got it wrong and I had the most awful headache, back pain and vomitting for hours:o

Not fond of needles at the best of times, so feeling in need of reassurance:o

Many thanks

Trialia

My cousin had some of these injections a few months ago for a back-and-neck injury that he sustained at work, and they helped his back a lot, but not his neck nearly as much. But he was very glad he'd had them, after. Hope that helps.

moggylover

Trialia wrote: »

My cousin had some of these injections a few months ago for a back-and-neck injury that he sustained at work, and they helped his back a lot, but not his neck nearly as much. But he was very glad he'd had them, after. Hope that helps.

Thanks Trialia! Any information and experiences I can get will be of help tbh. It is something I know nothing about and I don't know anyone who has experience of them so feel very "at sea" and undecided about the whole idea.:D

sunnyone

moggylover wrote: »

Have been offered caudal analgesia for on-going back and sciatic pain and I was just wondering if anyone had any experience of this and how you found it?



Also a big coward about it as I had a lumbar-puncture many years ago and they got it wrong and I had the most awful headache, back pain and vomitting for hours:o

Not fond of needles at the best of times, so feeling in need of reassurance:o

Many thanks

I had a few many years ago after breaking my coccix (sp) and they did help to begin with, like most spinal injections I felt as though I had been kicked in the back by a cart horse but that wore off in a few days, they lasted me for a few months and no where near the time that they are supposed to work for.

A decent anestatist can administer it with very little pain from the injection itself.

moggylover

sunnyone wrote: »

I had a few many years ago after breaking my coccix (sp) and they did help to begin with, like most spinal injections I felt as though I had been kicked in the back by a cart horse but that wore off in a few days, they lasted me for a few months and no where near the time that they are supposed to work for.

A decent anestatist can administer it with very little pain from the injection itself.

Many thanks sunnyone, this is the sort of information I need:) Does it leave you pain free, or just reduce discomfort?

sunnyone

moggylover wrote: »

Many thanks sunnyone, this is the sort of information I need:) Does it leave you pain free, or just reduce discomfort?

It didnt leave me pain free but I could both sit and stand easier because it really eased my sciatica and coccix pain (its healed but not in the right position)

There are small risks involved and your anestatist will go over them pre injection, I had no ill effects apart from pain for 48hrs or so afterwards.

summerof0763

moggylover wrote: »

Have been offered caudal analgesia for on-going back and sciatic pain and I was just wondering if anyone had any experience of this and how you found it?

Also a big coward about it as I had a lumbar-puncture many years ago and they got it wrong and I had the most awful headache, back pain and vomitting for hours:o

Not fond of needles at the best of times, so feeling in need of reassurance:o

Many thanks

hi can you let me know if you go through with this,very interested to hear the outcome,as i have severe sciatic back pain,on a varietyof pills but not working as good

moggylover

sunnyone wrote: »

It didnt leave me pain free but I could both sit and stand easier because it really eased my sciatica and coccix pain (its healed but not in the right position)

There are small risks involved and your anestatist will go over them pre injection, I had no ill effects apart from pain for 48hrs or so afterwards.

Thanks for that. I admit that I was told very little about what it entailed or what to expect when I saw the specialist and I was a bit shocked and did not ask the right questions.:o

moggylover

summerof0763 wrote: »

hi can you let me know if you go through with this,very interested to hear the outcome,as i have severe sciatic back pain,on a varietyof pills but not working as good

I will be happy to let you know if I go through with it and what the outcome is for me.

I suspect I am just worrying unnecessarily based on how unpleasant the after effects of the lumbar puncture were. However, I believe that they actually "slipped" whilst doing that (the brake was not on the trolley and it moved) and that that was part of what caused so much pain.

moggylover

Anyone else had experience of this and advice?

sunnyone

moggylover wrote: »

Thanks for that. I admit that I was told very little about what it entailed or what to expect when I saw the specialist and I was a bit shocked and did not ask the right questions.:o

You should have been given a leaflet to look at by the consultant about the procedure, I did and then I saw the anestatist and he answered any question I had before he did the procedure, he was lovely and he made sure I was comfortable and happy for him to go ahead.

I dont know where you would find the leaflet on line, I normally get then from my consultants but I suppose diffrent hospitals have diffrent systems.

Im the same when I see the consultants, I freeze up and my mind goes blank so I make notes before hand but that dosnt help when I get surprised, unexpected news.

Claudal epidurals are not the first line of treatments so its hard to get first hand information about them, I hadnt heard of them till it was suggested to me that they could help, your sciatica must be pretty serious if it been suggested to you, have you had the nerves tested to assess any damage?