The DRG procedure — which has been around for about 10 years — comes in two parts, where doctors insert a stimulator focusing on the dorsal root ganglion nerves that serve the pelvis re…
Dr. Jason Ross talks with his patient Liz Turnipseed, a 2022 Highland Park parade shooting victim. For nearly two years, Liz Turnipseed has dealt with physical and emotional pain related to her being shot during Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade, but says she is getting better thanks to a relatively new surgical procedure.
“When you are in chronic pain, it wears you down,” she said. “I tried to remain hopeful and focused, as I had a full-time job, so I am trying to manage through all of that. But, there were absolutely days I was frustrated, and there was always anger because something happened to me that never should have happened to me.”
“We were getting to the point that some of the more conservative options were exhausted, and I thought the DRG option was a reasonable option for her,” he said. “If I am having a day where I have increased pain or something going on, I can go into the app, and pick the part of my body where I am having issues and turn up the intensity of the device,” she said.
“A lot of times, you should exhaust more conservative management before you consider a surgical intervention,” he said. As for Turnipseed, she is still taking a high dose of a nerve-pain medication with serious side effects. If the pain continues to ease, she hopes to lower the dosage.
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