I have had 3 spinal taps, one in the emergency room with no medicine, just a well experienced doctor that did a wonderful job. The other tow were done in radiolgy under flouroscopy in which it is pretty hard for the doctor to miss because the flouroscopy is helping to guide the needle with right where it needs to go.

Oh, the day after I had my first one in ER we packed up and went to Disney World. No problesm except normal problems you have when you are taking a 4 and 7 year old on vacation