Is anyone going to try the Stellate Ganglion Block procedure?

[Rrrr]

Here is an update, which I also put in my last post, as an edit at the bottom:

UPDATE from Oct 14, 2022: I made it back to my baseline about 2 weeks after getting worse from my 10th SGB. I think I got worse because I we did too strong a solution (we used Bupivacaine 0.50% solution for the last two shots, and before that we had used less. I think my best SGB results were when we used 0.375% solution.) Anyway, I decided to put SGB on hold for now. I know a few ME folks who have tried SGB and not gotten better. So that is influencing my decision. (Also, I ran out of funds for SGB. Though I think I can do a few SGB with medicare paying for them, with the right diagnosis.) Long Covid folks, on the other hand, seem to get a better response to SGB.

There is a facebook group where folks are reporting in on SGB for ME and LC. It is called "ME and Stellate ganglion block"

 

[iliketoread]

To Rrrr
DId they inject you at C4 and C6 for each procedure?

 

[Jyoti]

I know a few ME folks who have tried SGB and not gotten better

Long Covid folks, on the other hand, seem to get a better response to SGB.

I have observed the same. And I think it is really useful to note--whether you have LC and might benefit or have longer-term non-Covid ME and are less likely to get results from this fairly expensive treatment. I know that if I had LC I'd jump on SGB, knowing what I do now. Throw what money I had at it. And having long-term ME, I am likely not going to invest in it.

Thanks to all who have been trying this procedure for your reportage. Especial thanks to @Rrrr and @Hoosierfans who jumped in courageously and sadly, have not gotten all that they hoped for, that I hoped for them.