Injection 1

I wanted to document my recovery and in doing so that brings the bad ugly and good out of me to write it and let it go of it. It also gives people going through the same thing something to relate to. When I first found out all I've done is research and research and search for people who I could relate to. As you know I've had on going problems with severe head pain over the course of this year more so after brain surgery. I have tried over 16 medications from muscle relaxers pain medicine to neuro numbing medicine.. Worst situation is finding out pain medicine can actually give u worse headaches when that is all I have found that works at times when I'm in so much pain I wish to be in a hospital bed with morphine running through my veins.
My neurologist suggested I see a pain specialist that we had run out of options but I felt like that was my very last straw. However it was time to take the leap and after much research and talking with mi familia I decided it could not hurt to try.
First injection today was test to see it a little steroid medicine injection into my occipital and orbital nerves would at least ease my pain for a couple hours. I stuck with the decision NOT to get sedated for 2 reasons. 1 being how would I know if it was working if I'm all foggy and 2 being I have had brain surgery and to me NOTHING gets worse than brain surgery. It stung like a motha occipitally but otherwise I was able to bare the pain. Once I was done my head my tongue and my neck felt numb and I went from a level 4 pain to a 0! Now once the adrenaline of the painful injection wore off I had a little achy headache but otherwise just sick to my stomach from nerves. It's been 4 hours since the shot, she said it would probably only last a couple hours. My head feels like it wants to hurt but it's not allowed. Like my heart beats with my head but no pain with it. The injections sites are starting to become sore but that is also normal and okay to me.
I have decided I will go for the more permanent injection shot in 2 weeks. Wouldn't it be miraculous if I felt like myself again!?!