| Re: Has anyone had the nerves burned in their neck for pain?
I assume you're talking about a cervical rhizotomy. I've had it done twice, about 6 months apart. It worked on knocking out pain on my left side, but made no difference on the right (which is why I had it twice). The procedure itself wasn't bad at all, and besides being sore for a few days, it was pretty manageable. Expect your muscles to be jumpy, as the nerves that supplied them with their "instructions" were knocked out. It took a couple weeks for everything to calm down, but I was about to go back to work on Monday (after a Friday procedure). Ice will be your friend.
Confused why your doctor wants to go ahead with this after a failed "injection." Are you talking about a facet block? That's where they inject a numbing agent into the nerves to see if that blocks your pain. If it that works, (which wears off in a couple days) then they do the more-permanent rhizotomy. But if you got "no help at all" from those injections, then the rhizotomy won't help either.
I did get some relief from the block, but can't say the same for the rhizotomy.
Hope this helps!
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