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@myoga just ask your doctor and mention that you want a paravertebral block in the pre-op appointment and any contacts with anesthesia.
I had two separate mastectomies. I had a paravertebral block with both. The first time, I made it clear I did not want pain meds but I woke with a dilaudid drip and vomited all night. The second time I made it REALLY clear to every person I spoke with that I did not want pain meds. I felt totally normal and pain free the second time.
I did have pain following those first days. I used codeine/tylenol combo sparingly (1/2 pill in late afternoon) for a couple of weeks. The second time had much less pain so apparently this varies!
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Now it happened to me! I told my surgeon at the pre-op that I wanted nerve blocking. She was “huh? I’ll order it but you need to talk to anesthesiologist “ . So on the surgery day I told my anesthesiologist and he said “ if she (BS) doesn’t do it, I’ll do it,” After the surgery I woke up in pain, none of them did it probably because they didn’t know how. I had tons of pain med to control the pain. It’s been two weeks and one side is still badly bruised. How in the world that they don’t know what nerve blocking is? I had epidural 20 something years ago! The anesthesiologist graduated from UC Irvine, a well known medical school in Southern California! Just venting!