Nerve block

check the mark b with scan cbct scan then to to like mess with it and to loosen the tads i think he did he had to inject me with i think it was novocaine and my gums are already at like eight nine out of ten pain like brutal pain where i was sitting there like this For hours and hours.

And he injected me to do the worst pain I ever felt in my entire life.

Yeah, those maxillary nerve blocks are brutal.

Anyway, even without the pre-existing pain and inflammation.

So once the anesthetic kicked in, though, did it

And we go through her whole story, including the biopsy that finally named her skin condition.

the nerve blocks, the rounds of Botox, the pelvic congestion syndrome that they are now looking into.

And we also spend a good part of this episode on something I've never covered on this show, what it actually takes to advocate for yourself in a clinical room when you're neurodivergent and what clinicians could be doing differently.

I learned a lot in that section and I'm so grateful for Stephanie for sharing her thoughts on this topic.

She was taking deep breaths now like conversants where prior she was only able to talk in like a couple word sentences.

And, you know, I think that was kind of one of my formative experiences to, you know, really becoming a believer in ultrasound guided nerve blocks.

Welcome to EM Pulse, bringing research and expert opinion to the bedside.

We're your hosts, Sarah Medeiros and Julia Magana.

Today, you will learn.

Ultrasound guided nerve blocks work.

They provide targeted pain relief without systemic analgesics like opioids and can help facilitate further workup.

Strive for analgesia rather than complete anesthesia.

And we go through her whole story, including the biopsy that finally named her skin condition.

the nerve blocks, the rounds of Botox, the pelvic congestion syndrome that they are now looking into.

And we also spend a good part of this episode on something I've never covered on this show, what it actually takes to advocate for yourself in a clinical room when you're neurodivergent and what clinicians could be doing differently.

I learned a lot in that section and I'm so grateful for Stephanie for sharing her thoughts on this topic.