Great flower, thanks.

Thanks to all who responded.

These blocks happened back in '04 and I didn't understand the point. I went over the doctor's notes and it was more clear. Somehow he got the idea that they were helping so he continued them. They all were scheduled in advance actually as a series and unbeknownst to me he was varying the medication somewhat. Perhaps this was an attempt to tweek the process but we never spoke about it.

I should have looked at the notes first.

This was back when things were most stressful for me and the stress and pain fed off each other. I wasn't even on any pain medication at the time and felt like I was stuck in a trap.

I still experience stress but its origin is more obviously internal now so it can more easily be worked through. Thank goodness for the medications. While the doc who gave me the blocks will never get my thumbs up at least he did get me on tizanidine.