My doc does blocks in his office without a general and uses a machine to find the nerves in your neck for the injection. It's very similar to a satellite ganglion block. I repeatedly said I didn't want one done that day but he wouldn't listen to me. The machine malfunctioned so he said he couldn't do it, so I repeated it was fine I didn't want to do it anyway. He then says I'm going to do it anyway and immediately put the needle in my throat. Without the machine he couldn't get the response he wanted and kept trying and trying. I started crying from pain and literally feeling violated. The past 6 months he is suddenly not remembering anything. I planned on sticking with him until he retired, but now I think I have to switch. He also prescribed me Clonidine patches that day knowing I was unsteady, my blood pressure is low from the meds I'm on and that I was expecting to start chemo. Why the urgency that day??? As he walked out he said I'll you next week, and I raised my voice, why? He wanted me back for another block. The blocks have stopped working on that limb anyway. They still work on my jaw on that side, or my other limb when it flares. He didn't even get approval from WC.

All that and the block did nothing. I went from there to my surgical oncologist, fully expecting the worst news possible. I had a appointment for the following Monday and the scheduling nurse insisted I move it to Thursday because I urgently needed to start chemo... SMDH.

Anyway, that's the full rant. My pathology report was good. I was staged IA. The only thing concerning is that it said I had (have?) rare, reactive mesothelial cells.