Hi, and welcome to the community! Sorry you're going through all that. Have you spoken to your PCP about the surgeon's and anesthesiologist's recommendation of seeing a neuro? Perhaps the PCP would refer you.

Here are a couple of links to forums where you'll find some postings about nerve blocks:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum21.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum22.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum10.html