Disappointment

That describes how I feel today. Disappointed. While the nerve block procedure went very well yesterday, the part of it that I desired the most hasn't happened. There have been no significant pain changes.

I still feel essentially everything that I have been feeling in my foot. There has been the slightest decrease of pain when I walk, but nothing like I anticipated with a successful nerve block. I admit that know very little about this whole process, but surely I should have experienced more of a change than I got.

A ray of hope yet. The pain diary they gave me to chart my pain levels had me record something each hour for 8 hours after the nerve block. It then asks me to record the pain level once each for the next 3 days. When I couple that with what someone at church told me about her back injection taking a couple of days to kick in, I have the slighest hope that something could still happen to move me toward relief. But I have to admit, that hope is VERY slim at this point.

I am scheduled to return to my back doc on the 31st. I can't imagine at this point that he has enough data to cause him to pursue a pinched nerve and a way to resolve it. But, that's why he is the doc and I'm the patient. Maybe he can still come up with something to get rid of my pain.

Thanks for all the prayers you have offered up for me so far. I can really used continued prayers for some direction and strength in the weeks ahead. This is really hard right now. And yet, I want to keep this in perspective too. I am JUST dealing with pain. There are others right now that are dealing with the impending death of their loved one or grieving over one they have just lost. May God's abundant mercies rain down on all who are hurting.

Prayers up!