Needles, Needles are no fun...

Unless of course they make the pain go away!! For those of you who don't know I was in a fairly bad car accident almost 8 years ago. Since then I have tried just about everything to get rid of, or at least decrease, my back pain. I've done chiro, therapy (physical and mental...LOL), tens units, vicodin, percocet, and an injection in my SI joint. Nothing has helped!!! The pain might decrease slightly but never goes away. So I went back to my doctor again and said we need to try something new because my deductible is met and I want relief. So he decided to order a nerve block to see if it helped. They actually did two blocks, the L-4 and L-5 nerve roots. The injections themselves weren't too bad. Felt like several long bee stings. The doctor who performed the injection said if I got relief from the injection they would perform a 2nd one within 2-3 weeks. If that provided relief they would do a third procedure where they would actually burn the nerve root and I would have an 80-90% chance of no longer having pain. I was like...WHAT???? Why the hell didn't they try this years ago? My doctor didn't say anything to me about what this could possibly end up doing. No pain...I would have no idea what to do with myself. The only thing I've known for the last 8 years has been constant low back pain and in the last year or so, left hip pain. So...the thought of possibly getting rid of my pain is mind blowing. I'm pretty sore right now which they said was normal and I am not going to work tomorrow so that I can just relax. So...fingers crossed!!!!! Hopefully by the end of the year I am pain free with no additional money out of my pocket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!