First off? Spinal testing: Read all of this...explains why docs test when where and how they test to degrees: http://www.neuroexam.com/content.php?p=2
This is about how it's done? http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclero...sis-spinal-tap Don't panic that it's about testing for MS? It's an exclusionary test for MS and for many other neuro things....
Driving? THIS is the kind of test, they either suggest you have someone drive you home or call a taxi! GOT THAT? It is real! I had to go from a spinal in the neuro's offices to the hospital and get blood drawn for a whole slew of extra tests? Sitting and waiting in that 'phlebotomy' area? Well, I wasn't web wise until AFTER I'd had this test? But, I'd been soo scared and Tired of being scared, and wanting all the testing to be OVER [I'd been thru the whole mill?-this was the last phase] That I got home and went to bed for the day and a half afterwards... Luckily, I'd had an experienced neuro to do the spinal [never let a newbie do it, if you can HELP it?] Got the blood work done and in 3-1/2 weeks my diagnosis WAS Complete! I DID feel as if someone had taken a 2"x4"x8' to my middle spine afterwards tho...and I'd fallen off enuf horses and ladders to KNOW what to do [thank goodness].
BTW? You get a LOT of local anathestic so, don't ever over do after! Cause you don't really know where you're at?
WITHIN 3 Days I was BACK TO NORMAL! Tho a bit sore?
It's an essential test, it can rule out things? Or PROVE that you're not crazy! That's the way I think about it!
OH! Prep and afterwards? Eat light stuffs...nothing heavy nor greasy... Salads, puddings, breads, soups? Just for a couple of days, before and after. Can avoid lots of problems...
This mite help? But may scare you too? Don't let it scare you tho! Best to get it done and OVER WITH!
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/80773-treatment
This IS one you can't drive yourself to and fro for! I mean it! HUGS 's - j