Thank y'all! Feeling much better today than yest (I was sick ) and much better than last week. I think its a comination of the blocks/injections, talking to the doctor, and getting back on my meds. I told him about the saga of the last 3 weeks - I could tell he felt bad; it is good to have a compassionate doc. I asked him about getting other opinons (i.e. - denver or somewhere) and he very candidly stated that he strongly encouraged 2nd opinons, but before i travel and spend all that $$ to think about whether or not I am satisfied with things now. He also asked what I would do if they recommended surgery, and I said I would probably wait. Therein lay my answer. anyways- hope everyone is having a good, low pain level day. sorry to ramble....