Treatments Updates--Some Good News!
Back on February 25th, my pain management doctor (Dr Davis) approached my lower right side pain a little differently. He decided to do the usual pain block procedure as he usually does; however, at the same time, he also did an oblation. This is when he uses heat to basically "burn" that specific nerve. I have had an oblation done before, but it only lasted a few weeks (I think about 4-6 weeks). However, the first time my first pain management doctor (Dr. Lee) did the oblation, he went with the traditional method, which means, he did very very low heat and pulsated the nerve. This means, the heat didn't totally kill the nerve; but sorta of "kept it quiet". Also when I first had the oblation, Dr Lee didn't use any pain block medication either. However, this second go around with the oblation along with the pain block preformed by Dr Davis is a bit different. Dr. Davis went more conventional on the oblation; that is, he went with full ...