Busy Weekend

I had a busy weekend, which included a trip to Albany, Tx (a 5 hr drive) to bury my grandfather's ashes, 11 months to the day when he passed away. It was very hard for me, and very emotional for my family. I am glad that it is over.
I got sick on the car ride up there and started throwing up, so my mom had to pull over and I had to take extra meds. Luckily, I brought all my meds with me.

After being in extreme pain after my nerve burning last week, I got a last min. appt. with the Dr. and she said that my extra pain was due to the fact that my "little" nerves are inflamed & not used to the main nerve being gone. She increased my meds, and told me that after my 2nd nerve burning next week the same thing will happen- I will get worse before I get better.

After picking my dog up from the kennel Sunday night, I realized that she had a small wound on the side of her head that had dried blood scabed over. This morning when we got up my dog's face was VERY swollen. After a trip to the ER vet the wound had becomed abcessed and she had to have emergency surgery to have it drained. She cuurently has a small open hole on the side of her face with stuff draining out of it, that I get to clean often for the next week or so. She is on anti-biotics and pain meds for the next week.

I have a kinda busy week. I am still in alot of pain and very nauseous, but there is stuff that has to be done.

Nerve Burning

Well, after what I thought would be a rountine pain Dr. check-up turned into scheduling for a nerve burning procedure.
Both of my nerve blocks didn't work. I got 1-2 days pain free, and was suppose to get 3-4 months pain free.
The first nerve burning procedure will be this coming Monday morning at 9:15am. I will be sedated again, and the procedure will take about a hour.
The objective is to burn the nerve(s) so that the nerve will no longer send signals to my brain saying that I am in pain. I will have 2 of these procedures done, but then end result is that I am suppose to have a longer time without pain.
My second procedure will be Monday the 16th.
The Dr. also said that it is normal for the nerve blocks not to work on a patient that has been in as much pain as I have and for as long as I have.
The Dr. also increased another one of my pain meds, so I will be taking it more often throughout the day.
Hopefully the nerve burning will work and I can get some pain relief.
Please be praying that the burns will help.