Thanks everyone, for the replies. I look forward to reading more about the recent rhizotomy experiences. Mine was scheduled for Wednesday (a couple of days ago). I had scheduled it, because the November injection was so positive but I was still so bad. I wanted to jump straight to the rhizotomy. Over these last couple of weeks I continued to improve. I sent my Dr. a fax. I was equivocating on more injections vs. the rhizotomy. The phone call from him was quite funny. I was trying to get him to tell me what I should do. He kept on saying that he would do whatever I wanted.
I decided that we can always a plate tissue later. We can't go in the other direction. I canceled the rhizotomy and had another round of facet injections on Monday (four days ago). While I'm still not great, I am improving. My level of functionality is also improving. I still experience substantial pain, but that is because I'm doing so much more. I'm still taking 60 mg a day of oxy. I'm very tempted to start cutting back and actually have been a little bit, but I think I should enjoy the success and let things settle down before I do any serious reduction in my meds.
I'll update
my T-spine thread separately. I think it all still get to the rhizotomy but at least I'll be sure when I do. I hate to drag this out, but we can always ablate tissue later.
All the best,
Mark