YAY VRAE!!!! So happy that you have found some relief. Having such relief from the first block is promising!! Yeah, my last pain dr didn't use any sedation (the one I saw before him did) and he did SGB's, lumbar and cervical blocks on me. Honestly I prefer no sedation because of how I would feel later in the day. The soreness of the injection site will go away, for me it was within a couple days. I will not lie, sometimes it hurt like hell and I cried at times, but I kept telling myself this was temporary, it will end soon. The psychologist I was seeing for the SCS neuropsyc evaluation taught me how to breathe during these procedures, it helped because I forget to breathe and just hold it...that doesn't work too well

My dr used numbing medication, like lidocain, before the steroids. I wish I could get some more of these blocks, but as usual for me I started having adverse reactions to the steriods

I truly am sooo happy that you have gotten some relief!! You definitely deserve a break with all that you have been through lately! Are you scheduled to have any additional blocks??

Nanc