I Am Happy After My Facet Joint Injections

[thelewisgang]

I was dreading having these done today but I had no pain during the procedure. Time will tell if they will ease my pain BUT tonight I have my sense of smell back & haven't been able to taste or smell for some years. It was delightful realising this when cooking my dinner tonight. Could the steroid injection today brought it back??

[Old_Geezer]

No idea. But good to hear of your improved senses.

[gness]

Hi....I had to google facet joint injection....fascinating... I have no idea how it can help with your sense of smell...intriguing....

Will you let us know how things go......x

[Sqad]

Yes it could well have been the effect of the steroid, some of which "leaked " out of the joint capsule.
You loss of smell and taste may well have followed a viral infection or am allergy which has responded to the injection.
Well played.

[Eleena]

That's wonderful, I can't imagine being without smell or taste x

[thelewisgang]

Well, I could smell my coffee this morning. I can't remember when I last had my sense of smell & taste. It is divine! I do have all-year-round allergic rhinitis & take anti histamine pills on a daily basis for this. I am usually full of mucus in the morning but today my sinuses are completely clear. I am just hoping this continues! Thank you all for your replies x

[murraymints]

good news pleased for you x

[AB Editor]

Excellent news!

[Sqad]

It won't continue.
Why not ask you GP for long term steroid spray for your nose.......even medium term?

[thelewisgang]

I realise it won't continue Sqad but I'm making the most of it. Yes, I'm seeing my GP next week so will ask him for the steroid nasal spray which I presume isn't available at a chemist?

[Scarlett]

Just to put the alternative view over- I had the same as you my whole life until I was 33, and then I did a 'detox' diet (Carol Vordeman's book) and after a fortnight of eating no wheat/gluten/dairy/meat/sugar/salt/alcohol/caffeine, and feeling like I had had the worst flu ever, ALL the mucus in the land came out of my head, and for the first time in my life I could breathe through my nose, and smell. This, I now realise, was due to giving up dairy. If you want to be free from steroids (which are amazing healers but they mask the underlying cause of the problem), try a simple food elimination for a couple of weeks and see if you can fix it the natural way?

[thelewisgang]

thank you for your reply Scarlett. Unfortunately I do not think an elimination diet would help me. I have had two operations in the past to remove nasal polyps & to chisel away a small piece of bone at the top of my nose. The first one was done, at ENT hospital, Grays Inn Road, London & second one at an ENT section at a local hospital. I have now bought the Beconase nasal spray which contains a steroid & will use that for the next few weeks to see how things go. My sense of smell & taste is still there following my facet joint steroid injection on Thursday. I am enjoying the smells (apart from the dog!) and the taste of food

[Scarlett]

I need to have nasal polyps removed too, but please don't knock the detox diet until you've tried it for at least 4 weeks! :)