Life on the other side

Last February, a year ago now, I had a procedure - radiofrequency ablation of my greater occipital nerves.It changed my life. For the first time in almost 4 years I was at a zero out of ten on the pain scale. Since then, and this is the most amazing thing ever, when I get a headache I can make it go away with just some OTC medicine. No more caffergot or ergotamine needed! This is something I would not have understood before I experienced chronic pain: the opposite of pain is not pleasure, it is No Pain. All of a sudden, not having a headache is the most amazing thing in the world. Before this all started, not being in pain isn't something to be noticed or noteworthy, isn't something 'good', it just is. Now, the absence of pain, ever day that I have it, is something to celebrate. I still live with the fear of what if it comes back, what if next time it can't be fixed, but that is just more reason to enjoy what I have now, every ounce of it. The other thing that's changed since I last posted - I'm an MS4 now. I've applied to residency, gone on interviews and submitted my rank list. One month (exactly four weeks) from today I found out if I've Matched. I'm afraid of not matching, though statistics suggest I've got a good chance.The hardest part is always the waiting. There's nothing for me to do now, except close my eyes, cross my fingers and pray for a good outcome. All the same, I'd much rather be where I am now than where I was a year ago!