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Hell has officially frozen over. The scheduler for my pain management doctor, actually did her job without me having to bug her to do it. I called her yesterday to try and get information and I almost died of shock when she said first that she had been working on my problem, and second that she had both scheduled.

Now the lovely procedure is called a radiofrequency nerve ablation. There is a funky name rhizotomy, I think is how it is spelled.

I have to show up on thursday at 6am at the hospital, do the normal weight, height, and pre op questions.

They will then start an IV, thankyou God for the EMLA cream. One of the set of nurses is insistent that the line be started up in the wrist/hand area the other set does not care if it is started in the forearm area.

I will then be wheeled back into the pain room. move over to the table, the doctor will then come in say hi love ask which side for a quick reminder and then push the happy medicine. The happy medicine is most commonly fentynal and versed. The doctor will use the fluroscopy x-rays that we generated in the previous 2 procedures to verify where he needs to go. After he is done I will wake up enough in back in my day surgery room where I started the day out. The goal for me being able to leave is drinking something without getting sick.

Tomorrow and Sunday I work. and on thursday the lady I work for is going to have to switch her schedule at work because I have got to have this procedure done.

Mindy