Rizotomy

Tomorrow I am having a rizotomy (rhizotomy) it will be done internally, sometimes they are preformed by opening you up, but they will be using epidural like needles to do the procedure. They will burn or heat up the nerve endings, hopefully alleviating a lot of the pain I have. The drawn picture shows sort of how it works, the little y looking thing is the nerve. The black and white photo is how they view my spine through the procedure. They use fluoroscopic lenses or something. It's kind of funny, they do the same thing for injections, there are about 4-5 people in the room, one nurse monitors my heart, one assists the Doctor, one guides the light, x-ray machine, seems like there is one more person floating around the room and the Doctor of course. The whole procedure should take all of 45 minutes, but its not fun because A) Your awake through the procedure. B) You are only wearing a hospital gown and under pants so it's pretty cold, and embarrassing. C) They need you awake to verify they have the nerve ending in just the right spot, how do they do this you ask, simple, they poke and prod until you are ready to fly kick the doctor. There are approximately 6 areas they will do this. Don't be jealous.