[beka]

Thanks for the quick reply, Mark, and thanks for the welcome.

I responded pretty favourably to some medial branch blocks before the ablation (only about four hours of relief, but it was noticable and apparently that was enough for the doc).

In addition I've had symptoms (for many years) consistent with facet joint probs -- pain on leaning back, twisting, and pretty much anything static for more than about 20 mins, with the exception of lying down.

I had just the left side done as my right side is pretty much pain free. Yeah, a lot of levels I know. I don't know whether or not that affects recovery time.