“…I felt I should let someone know just what a difference the treatments I have received from Dr. Tarasenko, M.D., have made in my life. Prior to seeing Dr. Tarasenko, I was completely bed ridden for over three months. I could not even sit in an upright position to eat my meals, due to the extreme back pain. I had to lie on my side to eat my meals and I used a walking cane to get from the bed to the restroom. The only time I left me bedroom was to go to the restroom or to my doctor’s appointment. I was treated by another pain specialist and got very little help and no significant change in the desperate situation I was in. When things didn’t get better after three months with the first pain specialist, I asked my doctor to send me to another pain specialist to see if another doctor might make a difference. That is when (Dr. D. Woodhouse, M.D.) my primary doctor sent me to see Dr. Tarasenko. My first appointment with Dr. Tarasenko, he discussed what he wanted to try for me and I didn’t hesitate for one minute. I was scheduled for the following week and I have never regretted it. I felt absolutely no pain when he gave me the first series of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections on April 15, 2003. I then had the second set of Lumbar Epidural Injections on May 15, 2001, and I am scheduled for the last se on June 5, 2003. I got amazing results with the first series of injections and it has only gotten better with the second set. I have absolutely no regrets. I can now do the things I have not been able to do for months. I am cleaning my house again, I do the laundry, I do all the cooking, and I now go shopping and I can even take walks again. I would recommend Dr. Tarasenko, to anyone who has a problem with chronic pain. The procedures are painless and I have has no complications or negative side effects, what so ever. The entire staff at the Pain Management Clinic has been so kind, caring and thoughtful, and the entire experience has been a very positive one for me. I only wish I had gone to Dr. Tarasenko from the very beginning of this last flare up, so I wouldn’t have been bed ridden for so long and had to go through so much pain un-necessarily. I thank you Dr. Tarasenko, from the bottom of my heart. For the helping me get my life back, and without going through a third back surgery.”