My new headache specialist rocks! Many thanks to Dr. F at the pain clinic at the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax NS for his help with nerve blocks and more! I can touch my scalp without pain for the first time in EONS!! WHOOP!!! #occipitalneuralgia #nerveblocks #novascotia #canadianauthor
September 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My new headache specialist rocks! Many thanks to Dr. F at the pain clinic at the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax NS for his help with nerve blocks and more! I can touch my scalp without pain for the first time in EONS!! WHOOP!!! #occipitalneuralgia #nerveblocks #novascotia #canadianauthor
I think we broke 20 shots of anesthestic today.
#arrhritissucks #chronicpain #degenerativediskdisease #nerveblocks
#arrhritissucks #chronicpain #degenerativediskdisease #nerveblocks
February 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I think we broke 20 shots of anesthestic today.
#arrhritissucks #chronicpain #degenerativediskdisease #nerveblocks
#arrhritissucks #chronicpain #degenerativediskdisease #nerveblocks
Yo, i just got the my #cortisol #nerveblocks YESTERDAY, how can my knee be hurting? What the effing feck?!? The doctor said tolerence isnt a problem with this! Grrrrr. So frustrating! Why wont this body ever just act NORMAL.
#chronicpain #disability #arthritisSucks
#chronicpain #disability #arthritisSucks
September 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Yo, i just got the my #cortisol #nerveblocks YESTERDAY, how can my knee be hurting? What the effing feck?!? The doctor said tolerence isnt a problem with this! Grrrrr. So frustrating! Why wont this body ever just act NORMAL.
#chronicpain #disability #arthritisSucks
#chronicpain #disability #arthritisSucks
Its a fall rainstorm day, and i hurt like hell, but its better than Monday, when my #nerveblocks wore totally off.
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Its a fall rainstorm day, and i hurt like hell, but its better than Monday, when my #nerveblocks wore totally off.
So i got my #nerveblocks yesterday, and im firmly on the yellow brick road to dosage perfection.
November 21, 2024 at 9:24 PM
So i got my #nerveblocks yesterday, and im firmly on the yellow brick road to dosage perfection.
8 day Flare from Hell is over, the cortizone has done its job on my knees. I can feel the pain, but it doesnt feel like pain. Can still feel the knee my shit brother destroyed well enough to be careful if it decides to collapse, which it did, twice, during the flare.
#nerveblocks #chronicpain
#nerveblocks #chronicpain
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
8 day Flare from Hell is over, the cortizone has done its job on my knees. I can feel the pain, but it doesnt feel like pain. Can still feel the knee my shit brother destroyed well enough to be careful if it decides to collapse, which it did, twice, during the flare.
#nerveblocks #chronicpain
#nerveblocks #chronicpain
Wow, my knees are both just massive burning balls of breakthrough pain, coming right thriugh the #nerveblocks.
GO AWAY SILLY STORM!!
#chronicpain #arthritisSucks
GO AWAY SILLY STORM!!
#chronicpain #arthritisSucks
December 6, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Wow, my knees are both just massive burning balls of breakthrough pain, coming right thriugh the #nerveblocks.
GO AWAY SILLY STORM!!
#chronicpain #arthritisSucks
GO AWAY SILLY STORM!!
#chronicpain #arthritisSucks
Thank gods i got the #nerveblocks yesterday. If im feeling breakthrough pain today from this weather, id be howling and crying if i hadnt.
#chronicpain #arthritisSucks
#chronicpain #arthritisSucks
December 5, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Thank gods i got the #nerveblocks yesterday. If im feeling breakthrough pain today from this weather, id be howling and crying if i hadnt.
#chronicpain #arthritisSucks
#chronicpain #arthritisSucks
Li-do-caine, li-do-caine
Oh how youre awsome,
You stop the pain.
Do i love you?
Oh yes, I love you,
And im happy,
to be shot right full again.
-TTTO "Sweet and Low" trad. - The Music Man
#filk #chronicpain #nerveblocks #disability
Oh how youre awsome,
You stop the pain.
Do i love you?
Oh yes, I love you,
And im happy,
to be shot right full again.
-TTTO "Sweet and Low" trad. - The Music Man
#filk #chronicpain #nerveblocks #disability
April 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Li-do-caine, li-do-caine
Oh how youre awsome,
You stop the pain.
Do i love you?
Oh yes, I love you,
And im happy,
to be shot right full again.
-TTTO "Sweet and Low" trad. - The Music Man
#filk #chronicpain #nerveblocks #disability
Oh how youre awsome,
You stop the pain.
Do i love you?
Oh yes, I love you,
And im happy,
to be shot right full again.
-TTTO "Sweet and Low" trad. - The Music Man
#filk #chronicpain #nerveblocks #disability
*sigh*
Dr.Brusque missed the upper, inner nerve on both sides. It hurts like a bitch, and still no cortisol. This screws up my hip, triggers hyperalert, make it hard to sleep, and makes me a snappy tempermental bitch.
This week is going to be a wash.
#chronicpain #nerveblocks
Dr.Brusque missed the upper, inner nerve on both sides. It hurts like a bitch, and still no cortisol. This screws up my hip, triggers hyperalert, make it hard to sleep, and makes me a snappy tempermental bitch.
This week is going to be a wash.
#chronicpain #nerveblocks
April 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
*sigh*
Dr.Brusque missed the upper, inner nerve on both sides. It hurts like a bitch, and still no cortisol. This screws up my hip, triggers hyperalert, make it hard to sleep, and makes me a snappy tempermental bitch.
This week is going to be a wash.
#chronicpain #nerveblocks
Dr.Brusque missed the upper, inner nerve on both sides. It hurts like a bitch, and still no cortisol. This screws up my hip, triggers hyperalert, make it hard to sleep, and makes me a snappy tempermental bitch.
This week is going to be a wash.
#chronicpain #nerveblocks
#NerveBlocks on the #spinalDamage giving me about 30%. 30% of a pain scale 8 still leaves me clenching my jaw and hitting the bong all day. Which comes out of our food money. And i cant even get the tax break because my scrip lapsed during lockdown.
#spoonieMath
#spoonieMath
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
#NerveBlocks on the #spinalDamage giving me about 30%. 30% of a pain scale 8 still leaves me clenching my jaw and hitting the bong all day. Which comes out of our food money. And i cant even get the tax break because my scrip lapsed during lockdown.
#spoonieMath
#spoonieMath
Stupid spine. Been lying down all day because sitting up hurts. Makes me want to bite. Knees kvetching too.
Stupid storm put everything beyond the threshold the #cortisone and #nerveblocks can handle. This is why i wanted the burnout. But dickheads want to maximize billing to ODSP
#chronicpain
Stupid storm put everything beyond the threshold the #cortisone and #nerveblocks can handle. This is why i wanted the burnout. But dickheads want to maximize billing to ODSP
#chronicpain
January 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Stupid spine. Been lying down all day because sitting up hurts. Makes me want to bite. Knees kvetching too.
Stupid storm put everything beyond the threshold the #cortisone and #nerveblocks can handle. This is why i wanted the burnout. But dickheads want to maximize billing to ODSP
#chronicpain
Stupid storm put everything beyond the threshold the #cortisone and #nerveblocks can handle. This is why i wanted the burnout. But dickheads want to maximize billing to ODSP
#chronicpain
#nerveblocks all topped up, and brain starting to function again. It blows the MD's mind that hes shoving needles in next to my spine and im just chattering away, barely flinching.
This is why its hard, because i dont FEEL pain the way normal people do. My older brother is the same.
#chronicpain
This is why its hard, because i dont FEEL pain the way normal people do. My older brother is the same.
#chronicpain
January 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#nerveblocks all topped up, and brain starting to function again. It blows the MD's mind that hes shoving needles in next to my spine and im just chattering away, barely flinching.
This is why its hard, because i dont FEEL pain the way normal people do. My older brother is the same.
#chronicpain
This is why its hard, because i dont FEEL pain the way normal people do. My older brother is the same.
#chronicpain
This study shows that #OpioidSparingAnesthesia (OSA) using #ultrasound‑guided #NerveBlocks improved QoR‑15 recovery scores, reduced pain, shortened #ventilation time, & decreased hospital stay after #CardiacSurgery, supporting OSA as an effective analgesic approach.
#OpenAccess: tinyurl.com/26hrxyqa
#OpenAccess: tinyurl.com/26hrxyqa
Opioid-Sparing Anesthesia Improves Recovery After Cardiac Surgery
A study finds opioid-sparing anesthesia enhances early recovery, QoR-15 scores, and reduces ventilation time post-cardiac surgery.
tinyurl.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This study shows that #OpioidSparingAnesthesia (OSA) using #ultrasound‑guided #NerveBlocks improved QoR‑15 recovery scores, reduced pain, shortened #ventilation time, & decreased hospital stay after #CardiacSurgery, supporting OSA as an effective analgesic approach.
#OpenAccess: tinyurl.com/26hrxyqa
#OpenAccess: tinyurl.com/26hrxyqa
Today i #cannabis break for five days, with nothing but the #nerveblocks, because we're out of #weed and #money. They should wear off tomorow night. I may not be able to get to the clinic appt, with no transport
Nothing else for #chronicpain. I expect to spend thursday screaming Thats Thanksgiving
Nothing else for #chronicpain. I expect to spend thursday screaming Thats Thanksgiving
November 24, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Today i #cannabis break for five days, with nothing but the #nerveblocks, because we're out of #weed and #money. They should wear off tomorow night. I may not be able to get to the clinic appt, with no transport
Nothing else for #chronicpain. I expect to spend thursday screaming Thats Thanksgiving
Nothing else for #chronicpain. I expect to spend thursday screaming Thats Thanksgiving
Day 5 since the 2nd round of #nerveblocks in the back and 1st for the knees. Spinal #pain barely noticable, occassional stabbity reminder that i should not move that way. Still more pronounced on the right. Knees are giving me minor whinging in the 2-3 range. So much easier to do things. #disability
November 3, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Day 5 since the 2nd round of #nerveblocks in the back and 1st for the knees. Spinal #pain barely noticable, occassional stabbity reminder that i should not move that way. Still more pronounced on the right. Knees are giving me minor whinging in the 2-3 range. So much easier to do things. #disability
Can two planes make one better block?
A “double-deck” strategy combines cervical cervicis plane and lower cervical erector spinae plane blocks for C1–C2 fusion. 💉
www.ovid.com/jnls/aacr/fu...
#RegionalAnesthesia #NerveBlocks #Neuroanesthesia #Anesthesiology #PainMedicine
A “double-deck” strategy combines cervical cervicis plane and lower cervical erector spinae plane blocks for C1–C2 fusion. 💉
www.ovid.com/jnls/aacr/fu...
#RegionalAnesthesia #NerveBlocks #Neuroanesthesia #Anesthesiology #PainMedicine
September 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Can two planes make one better block?
A “double-deck” strategy combines cervical cervicis plane and lower cervical erector spinae plane blocks for C1–C2 fusion. 💉
www.ovid.com/jnls/aacr/fu...
#RegionalAnesthesia #NerveBlocks #Neuroanesthesia #Anesthesiology #PainMedicine
A “double-deck” strategy combines cervical cervicis plane and lower cervical erector spinae plane blocks for C1–C2 fusion. 💉
www.ovid.com/jnls/aacr/fu...
#RegionalAnesthesia #NerveBlocks #Neuroanesthesia #Anesthesiology #PainMedicine
What defines competency in ultrasound-guided #NerveBlocks? Learn more about the first national multidisciplinary consensus establishing a framework for UGNB training, assessment, and credentialing in emergency medicine. #POCUS #Ultrasound #MedEd
Read more: https://ow.ly/Inoo50ZkRkB
Read more: https://ow.ly/Inoo50ZkRkB
July 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
What defines competency in ultrasound-guided #NerveBlocks? Learn more about the first national multidisciplinary consensus establishing a framework for UGNB training, assessment, and credentialing in emergency medicine. #POCUS #Ultrasound #MedEd
Read more: https://ow.ly/Inoo50ZkRkB
Read more: https://ow.ly/Inoo50ZkRkB
#Majortrauma #sepsis #ethics #'s #clinicalsurprise #USS #nerveblocks #teaching #learning #enlocation #ketamine
#kebab
Same again tonight :-)
#kebab
Same again tonight :-)
December 2, 2024 at 1:03 AM
#Majortrauma #sepsis #ethics #'s #clinicalsurprise #USS #nerveblocks #teaching #learning #enlocation #ketamine
#kebab
Same again tonight :-)
#kebab
Same again tonight :-)
We recently interviewed Liza Smirnoff & Addie Peretz about their recent study on occipital #NerveBlocks in the treatment of #migraine during #pregnancy
Open Access manuscript: headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Access the interview below!
youtu.be/m7snvfoiyU4
Open Access manuscript: headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Access the interview below!
youtu.be/m7snvfoiyU4
A retrospective cohort study to evaluate nerve blocks for migraine treatment during pregnancy
YouTube video by Headache Journal
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We recently interviewed Liza Smirnoff & Addie Peretz about their recent study on occipital #NerveBlocks in the treatment of #migraine during #pregnancy
Open Access manuscript: headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Access the interview below!
youtu.be/m7snvfoiyU4
Open Access manuscript: headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Access the interview below!
youtu.be/m7snvfoiyU4
The day to day grind of #Chronic #Pain is really starting to #wear me down.
Hopefully my #PainManagement #Specialist can squeeze me in for some #NerveBlocks soon.
As currently?
My day is spent either swaddled in #IcePacks or taking more #PainMeds than I like to use.
Hopefully my #PainManagement #Specialist can squeeze me in for some #NerveBlocks soon.
As currently?
My day is spent either swaddled in #IcePacks or taking more #PainMeds than I like to use.
September 27, 2023 at 11:53 AM
The day to day grind of #Chronic #Pain is really starting to #wear me down.
Hopefully my #PainManagement #Specialist can squeeze me in for some #NerveBlocks soon.
As currently?
My day is spent either swaddled in #IcePacks or taking more #PainMeds than I like to use.
Hopefully my #PainManagement #Specialist can squeeze me in for some #NerveBlocks soon.
As currently?
My day is spent either swaddled in #IcePacks or taking more #PainMeds than I like to use.
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Btw, this is me on brand new #nerveblocks from a newish MD and a 75mg edible. Im liable to do anything. Like maybe walk across a room.
DONT STOP ME NOOOOOOOW...
#chronicpain #spinaldamage #cptsd #raisedbynarcissist #arthritis #disability #pickAcardAnycard
DONT STOP ME NOOOOOOOW...
#chronicpain #spinaldamage #cptsd #raisedbynarcissist #arthritis #disability #pickAcardAnycard
a cartoon character sitting in a bed with the words " it 's fine everything 's fine "
ALT: a cartoon character sitting in a bed with the words " it 's fine everything 's fine "
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February 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Btw, this is me on brand new #nerveblocks from a newish MD and a 75mg edible. Im liable to do anything. Like maybe walk across a room.
DONT STOP ME NOOOOOOOW...
#chronicpain #spinaldamage #cptsd #raisedbynarcissist #arthritis #disability #pickAcardAnycard
DONT STOP ME NOOOOOOOW...
#chronicpain #spinaldamage #cptsd #raisedbynarcissist #arthritis #disability #pickAcardAnycard
Skipping the #NerveBlocks again this week because i dont think I can get my rollator out right now and im too edgy and dysregulated to fight with snow.
January 27, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Skipping the #NerveBlocks again this week because i dont think I can get my rollator out right now and im too edgy and dysregulated to fight with snow.