The hospital called today and my trial SCS is scheduled for this Tuesday, the 24th! I'm supposed to be there at 11:30 a.m. and they said it would probably take about 4 hours. My sister and niece are taking me, so I will be in good hands all the way around. My sister is a dispatcher for the CA Highway Patrol and my niece (her daughter) is an RN, so if anything should go wrong once I get home I'll certainly be well taken care of. That's a good thing, since I live alone! The hospital is only about 15 miles away, so there won't even be much of a ride home afterward.

I'm nervous and excited and hopeful and a teensy bit scared (but not much). Mostly I just hope this will be the beginning to the end of some of this pain that has become so limiting to my life. This weekend I'm going to attempt to go to a bluegrass festival nearby, so maybe that will take my mind off this during that crazy waiting period until Tuesday. It will be nice to just chill with my friends and listen to some music on Saturday.

Thanks so much, everyone, for all the wonderful information and experience that you have contributed. It makes this whole process so much easier, just knowing that there are others who have found relief via their SCS. The love and support here is truly amazing, too, and I am so grateful for each of you.

Big hugs all 'round,
Jan