@rogo So you never got a nerve block to try to get rid of the pain? I am trying to go back to work and this has been the only thing I've been offered, well, besides getting injections to stop the growth of the other tumors. I asked my surgeon yesterday to please do bloodwork for baseline on all the areas of my body the medicine from the shot might effect...like my gallbladder. I was told he typically does not do that. I really don't want to complicate things, but I feel like I have little choice in my treatment plan.