Hey Jude et All,
I believe what you are asking about is a "radical sympathectomy" of
the damaged spinal cord. I asked my pain management doctor about this
years ago, to do one on me. But he said that in most experiences of
people having this done, the pain at the site of the incison was much
more so than the original nerve pain. So it is not an option for them
any more.... but in some research I did, I found that it had a 50 - 50
chance of working. Some got relief, some did not. But he refuses to let
me have it done.... also that there is the hope that some day they will
find a way to heal the cord.... but I don't think that it will help us
who have had damaged cords for so long. He also said that some of the
pain could be "Deafferentation Pain". This pain occurs after loss of
normal sensory input to the brain. An example of this is "phantom pain"
is where a patient may still feel pain from a foot even though their
foot has been amputated. This pain may be difficult to treat. Treatment
can consist of medical therapy, behavioral techniques, or electrical
stimulation. If it were this kind of pain, doing the surgery would be
completely useless.
So we trudge on day to day, hour to hour, sometimes minute to
minute...........
Blessings and Peace,
Bernie
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