On my nerve

I lovely frosted tree in front of the hospital.  I was going in to see my doctor for some crazy bad pain I had in my lover right abdomen and hip.  December I went to my obgyn, who had done surgery on me the previous for some cysts and scar tissue unpleasantness.  He couldn't find anything with an ultrasound and said exploratory surgery was the next step. Before I scheduled it I had a feeling to first check with my insurance.  It had changed a few weeks before, and I'm so grateful I checked.  They would have only paid 20 percent of the total bill.  Ouch.  

I went to my primary care doctor, and asked if was anything else we could do before exploratory surgery.  I was in a lot of pain and life was ruff, but I also was not too keen to have another surgery either.  He ordered an MRI.  It showed nothing so he referred me so a surgeon (sigh).  I went in for the consult and explained my pain.  The surgeon instantly had a theory.  He said he thought I had damage on my ilioinguinal nerve.  He said we could a nerve block right then and there, and it would tell us if he's theory was right. (Side note: I had friend that was visiting earlier that day offer to watch the kids.  I had been just planned on taking them, but I am so glad she had them.  She told me she had a feeling she should.  I love how the Spirit intervenes in our lives.  Tender mercies help us and show us God's love.)
The nerve block was not a pleasant thing, but it worked!  It was amazing.  For weeks I had had to practice walking normal in front of the mirror anytime I went so where (which wasn't very often), and then I had to focus on every step to walk normal (at least I could walk normal...see I am so positive, um right?).  But after the nerve block I just walked pain free normally.  I went from so much pain to none.  I felt high!  The surgeon said that some people can just do nerve blocks while others have to have the nerve cut surgically.  He said how long the nerve block lasted and if the pain was less after would help us know what road to take.

It was a wonderful afternoon.  I cleaned and played with my kids, and then the nerve block wore of that night.  It was so so so so so awful.  Not only did I go from no pain to full scale pain, but the nerve was so angry because I had been moving all day.  Surgery became an easy choice.  I would have numbness in my hip, but I would have a life again.

We scheduled it for the beginning of February.