Superwoman...I am not!

Funny thing happened last Tuesday. Well...it's funny NOW! After 3 weeks of IV pain meds, nothing worked but I did notice an increase in neck pain. The "Headache Dr" sent me back to the "Pain Management Dr". I go to the Pain Management Dr, not knowing what he was going to do. After he speaks with me he decides he will do 4 injections on each side of the occipital bone. He then says, "You can be sedated or not. It's totally up to you and if you don't want it, you don't have to have it." Because he's never said this to me before, it left me thinking maybe this procedure didn't hurt so bad. After all, I just endured 3 weeks of being poked in the hand and both arms. How much more could this hurt, right? So...I decided not to be sedated.
I put on my hospital gown, I'm rolled in the surgery suite and I lay face down on the surgery bed. The nurse begins to sanitize the area from the nape of my neck all the way into my hair line. Meanwhile, I was thinking, "How am I gonna get that stuff outta my hair?"
The Dr. comes in and says,"Okay, this is the numbing solution. Your going to feel a little stick and a little bit of burning." Um....it was NOT so little. OMG! I quickly realized I have NEVER felt a needle penetrate any part of my head before (except for ear piercings), so this is a new sensation that I quickly realize I do not like. After remembering to breathe, I then feel ANOTHER poke. It was a 2nd needle with the medication. Wait a minute! I could hear the liquid squirting in my head!! I quickly realized, I wouldn't be getting 4 injections...I would be getting 8! After the first 2 sets of injections, I really wanted to quit, jump off the table and run out of the room. Had I stopped to yell, "Sedate me now!", I would have delayed the process another 15 minutes. So, I just gritted my teeth and bared the pain. I NEVER want to feel that kind of pain again. It was absolutely excruciating!
To make matters worse, I left the surgery center in as much pain as I came. The soreness wouldn't really go away for about 5 days and the medication would take up to 3 weeks to fully work. :::Heavy sigh::: Just when I think I can't take another thing, God shows me that He created me to be a lot stronger than I think.