Please don't feel sorry--I feel I've had a couple of pieces of luck. First, it was good that the Mayo guy held me back, because the pain seemed a bit lighter. I'm also glad he was clear about what's been shown and not shown. Because in my case, I don't meet criteria for RFA having been shown to be useful, and it is a risk; there is a risk of worsening.

But in the last two days, my butt pain has eased. And oddly, it's been the left side that hurts, and has hurt for months, but now the right side is hurting. So while the facet block worked, it might not have worked as he thought, and injecting the nerve to the left might not have worked.

It's an odd thing, and I have no good explanation.