Thanks Rae and Mark56. :-) Yes, it seemed like things were moving along at a nice pace until after I had that evaluation. Then I got told that the psych doc and the pain doc had to have their bi monthly meeting to discuss cases. They said I would come up in the next one. They also told me "we will contact you". It is so frustrating sitting around with NO pain relief at all. I'm not even taking oral medications.

As for the puppy thing, I don't currently have puppies around. :-) I spent 10 years being a foster home for puppies being raised to be seeing eye dogs. It was s volunteer thing, but it winds up saving the potential blind masters $40,000. I'm taking a break from it right now because I have small children. :-)

Thanks again for the replies, and I will definitely check out the link you posted Mark56!