Well, the doctor went over everything and they have me scheduled for this wednesday. He agreed to do the occipital blocks first since that is most troubling for me and then he'll treat the spine (C5 & 6 and 2&3). I'm hopeful and I found him very easy to talk to as well.
Ellena

I am praying this is going to be the week you find sucess over your pain, and the blocks work just like the name ..."block" out the pain for a good many months. 'member to eat healthy and get rest before and after well a.m.s.p.
sending positive thoughts and pain free vibs to you Ellena
PEACE
BMW

p.s. glad ya made it threw Fay that was a "loopy" storm. see another down by cuba aiming at us. It is good you see doc this week many blessings and you will be on my mind and prayers all week and wendsday extra lots ,let us know how things go when you are able.

Thanks so much. I'll post as soon as I can. On the storm front, the ground is so squishy from so much rain that it's going to take a week for it to dry up. I hope the others break up or go elsewhere - its too painful to have these things around as my pain has escalated throughout all of this. Serious thanks for your good wishes Ellena

Ellena your in my prayers today.I hope things go exceptionaly well at your apt.
Sending positive thoughts all day long.
PEACE
BMW

Hope you are home and resting and i hope more then anything that it all went extra well! let us know how your doing and how ya feel when you can..but take it easy,and rest first.
PEACE
BMW

He did the occipital block first and once he got the area numb, I was pain free for the first time in such a long while that I realized that I've forgotten what it feels like to have no pain. Thats really sad. Anyway, because they gave me some demerol and versed before hand, I spent a lot of time sleeping yesterday and taking it real easy. He did some type of trigger point injection in my neck and I can't elaborate on it as the details are still fuzzy with me so I've got to wait till I go back in three weeks for him to start working on the spine.
Today, I can tell that there is medicine in my neck and head. I feel some stiffness and a weird sort of fullness. He told me to use ice for the swelling which I'm going to start doing today. I didn't notice it yesterday and I stayed numb for quite a long time. I thought he'd be able to do both sides of my head but he explained that they can only do one side at a time as it would be too much to deal with otherwise. He also used florescopy while doing the entire procedure. So, my fingers are crossed that the steroids will bring some lasting relief as yesterday felt pretty awesome while it lasted. I'll post periodically about how things are going. Thanks for all the support here everyone!
Ellena

I'm glad you got some pain relief. How are you feeling today? My blocks didn't seem to do much, they were done without imaging so who knows if it was in the right spot. So the head keeps tingling, etc. On a brighter note, the trigger point injections did seem to relax my neck muscles a bit. Keep us posted on your progress.

Take care, Diana

WOW! I had the freezing done both sides without any meds. They must do things differently in Canada. I had my second go round with the freezing last Thursday.

DO ice your head-you will probably get marbel sized lumps on the back of your head where the needles went it and it will hurt.

good luck to you today and tomorrow............. snappy10.......