I guess my first post to this site will be adding my 2 cents worth to this topic.

Like others, I had heard horror stories about the amount of pain to be expected. As it turned out, the Dr. had already inserted the needle 2-3 times before I realized what he was doing. When I did, I asked him if that the needle I had heard so much about. He kinda laughed a little and said "Yeah...How much was it supposed to hurt?"

The worst part was getting 1 artificially induced "charlie horse", but that didn't last long either.

All that being said, I'll give the standard disclaimer.... This was how MY experience was and I can't guarantee anyone else will have a visit as uneventful as mine.