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On my last go 'round, they sent me home with a leave-in nerve block for 72 hours. It looked sort of like a rubber donut full of drugs and I wore it around in a fannypack with the line taped down to my thigh really well. When it ran out, I simply went into the shower and pulled it out myself - a little messy, but fun in a grimly amusing sort of way. I was numb from the knee down for three days.
Anyway, it might be worth asking about. It kept the level of oral pain meds required down for the first few days when the pain is worst, which I appreciated after getting very shocky and ending up back in the ER previously.
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