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A Tale of a Fall......And an Update

Several of you   have asked me how I have been doing and wondered about my health and especially wanted to know the details about my incident at the hospital a couple of weeks ago ( June 19 th ).   I’ve finally gotten a chance to sit down and gather my thoughts together to write up an update.    So here’s the scoop: For a while now, the pain on my right lower quadrant has been extremely high.   Due to scheduling issues between myself, my parents, my doctors, etc., I had to wait a while to receive another pain block injection.     I was finally able to receive the pain block, last Monday ( June 19 th ). I’ve received several pain injections before and have had zero complications.   Because I have been getting these injections about every 4-6 months, my pain management doctor decided to use all the same medication ( PLUS an added steroid ); however, he used   somewhat different method.   Instead of burning the nerve, he would a...