>----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenda" <nancebln@earthlink.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 4:23 PM
Subject: First Trip to Pain Management
> I had my first appointment with Pain Management Clinic today. They want
> to start me on Neurontin 100 mg and work me up to 300 mg 3 times a day,
> and they also want to do a nerve block by inserting a needle through my
> back somewhere near my spine using xray to find the nerve and do the
> block. My question is has anyone else had this done and if so did it
> help? Are there any risk in any of this. The medication I checked on
> and it looks like it is normally used for seizures the Doctor said that
> it might at first make me sleepy and a little out of it and he said that
> there were some risk with the nerve block. I go back to see my OBGYN DR
> that recommened me to this place in the morning and want to discuss this
> with him. Any suggestions on questions would be helpful. He still
> thinks I may have to have another surgery my bowels are partially
> obstructed and had a really rough weekend trying to get them to move
> any.
>