Well, I got thru the 3 hour procedure and am now home in AGONY !
Made it all the way to the OR before the Doc observed they prepared him the wrong Coolief "kit" that has all the proper equipment in it - all the correct needles and hardware. The one they had ready was for a lumbar procedure and couldn't be used on a neck.

My Doc was furious since it wasn't replaced by the people tasked with ensuring new ones were ordered immediately after being used. Murphy 's Law showed up and they didn't have a replacement in the hospital. Because of this the Dr himself pulled some serious strings by calling Walter Reed and borrowing one from his old crew there. He literally jumped in his Porsche and raced over there to pick it up and get right back to me! Talk about personal concern and service!

Don't recall much of it due to some heavy anesthesia which still lingers now so I better sign off before I start making some uncool comments here!