Quick Personal Update: Post-Procedure

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to post a quick follow-up to yesterday's brief note where I mentioned heading off for surgery.

Perhaps "surgery" gave the wrong impression – it wasn't anything major! It was actually an outpatient procedure called radiofrequency ablation (RFA) done on my lower spine. The goal is to target specific nerves and hopefully reduce some of the chronic nerve pain I've been dealing with. They essentially use heat generated by radio waves to interrupt the pain signals from those nerves.

Here's a peek from the procedure:

The good news is, I'm back home already and honestly feeling quite a bit better in terms of that specific nerve pain, which is fantastic. I'm definitely feeling a bit sore and bruised around the area where they worked, as expected, but that should hopefully fade over the next few days.

Overall, feeling optimistic and hoping to be back to my normal self very shortly. Thanks for the well wishes!

As always,
Michael Garcia a.k.a. TheCrazyGM