Update After Today's Injection

Yesterday was hell. Had so much pain. Not an inch of my body did not hurt, including my eyes. Plus i got a phone call that my doctor's appeal to the insurance company did not work either for the ketamine. I almost went to the hospital that night, but figured they wouldn't do much if anything.

This morning I had a 10:30 arrival time for an epidural steroid injection in my lower back. I was in lots of pain and nauseauted when i arrived. My nurses name was Bernadette, which since that's one of the main characters name in Priscilla, that made me smile. They got the IV in me, and gave me nauseua medicine under my tounge. I first saw my doctor's colleague who was mostly explaining and getting consent for the procedure. Then my doctor eventually came by to say hi to my parents and I. He knows im in lots of pain and can tell that im in a lot worse shape than when i first me him back in late July/Early August. He suggested a doctor for me that is like a physical therapist but a doctor that can maybe teach me some light stretching exercises so my muscles don't atrophy.

Then i was taken back for the procedure. I was sedated. I had some strange dreams, a little bit about Priscilla, and other random stuff. It felt like a long sleep. In fact usually i wake up on my own at the end of the procedure, but this time they had to call my name a couple of times. I felt pretty good painwise, but i still can't shake the anesthesia fog. In addition to anesthisa, they had mentioned they had given me a bit of ketamine (no where near the doses i would have gotten on Monday), so maybe thats why im still loopy and tired. My mom and I are trying to appeal ourselves now to the insurance company.