I think I'm done with nerve blocks

Okay, so. My first nerve block was a superior hypogastric block. I got sedation for that one. I felt like I got about 80% relief for 1 and a 1/2 days, about.

My second one, I did with just local numbing agent. No relief.

We tried a third time. This time, inferior hypogastric with a higher dose of active medication. That was about two hours ago. I'm back up to about an 8 today, it's been a REALLY bad day - maybe stress induced, my mother in law is coming to visit and the house is a MESS. At any rate, I was crying during the procedure, which I never, EVER do. Squeezing the nurse's hand for dear life.

I didn't have sedation the second or third time and had no relief, so my theory is that it was really just the anaesthesia that helped me with my pain the first time.

I don't want to do it anymore. It's not worth the time and pain when there's zero relief.

PLUS - right now, my right leg is so weak it's buckling if I try to stand on it with even half my weight.

So much for THAT helping me get through Thanksgiving. I have some good marijuana and marijuana capsules but even THEY aren't helping right now.

Definitely one of those days where if I were a "normal" person, I'd go to the ER for an IV shot, even to feel better for a few hours.

I hope the rest of you are having better days than I am!

Daesin said...


As for the house, Dont even worry about that (I know easier said then done). If they came to visit you then great ..if they came to visit your house, well just hand them a mop and let them go at it. its not like you are just lounging all day eating bon bons. You gotta give yourself a break on that one honey.

Thanks, D - really appreciate it. I did really let it go as far as the house ... a first for me, so it's a bit hard to feel comfortable with, but my MIL is not a judgmental person, it's just my own motivations that make me want to have it clean. She doesn't care, she understands I have three little kids and a full-time job (and she also understands that my husband isn't the neatest human being in the world, lol.)

As far as the nerve blocks, do you think (anybody) that I should keep trying with them, or have I exhausted possibilities? I've had superior and inferior hypo gastric plexus injections.