Scott, it is great to see you on here and I am glad AV is not chatting away in your head like it is mine right now.
The procedure is called Radiofrequency Ablation and they burn the nerves at 80 degrees Celsius. In my case he also did a chemical burn also because I have proven to be one tough cookie. I had it done once on my neck with just the heat and it only lasted 3 months, the second one didn't really take in my neck so I had to have two levels fused together. In my back I had to have L2-3, L3-4, L4-5 and L5-S-1 burned. It was a big area so he split in 2 procedures. It really is nothing more then cauterizing the nerves but in a big way.
Thinking of you this weekend Scott, we are both going to get through the weekend as long as we keep the AV quiet and behaving itself!
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