I too had no problems with the LP. In fact, the doc went in twice, once in the lumbar area, and when he couldn't get enough fluid, he went in the cervical area!

I felt better after the LP than I had in a long time. I joked with my DH that maybe I needed a spinal fluid letting every few years! Two (almost 3!) years ago my first ever MRI stated that I had lesions consistent with MS. So my PCP ordered the LP. He just said it confirmed what the MRI was saying. Many PCPs don't know any better, I guess!

But I had two different radiologists look at the MRI, the one that wrote the lesions looked consistent with MS, and the other one, a friend, said not necessarily so. It could be, but also may not be. Maybe he was just being nice and trying to help me not worry. He actually did my LP and I'd do another with him in an instant! He was that good and kind.