Talk about stabbed in the back
 

I had my Lumbar epidural this morning. Most of my back pain is down to a tolerable level. I know it takes a while to work into the system There’s just that needle into the spine thing. But overall the pain level is down.

I hope this takes. My back always hurt, it's just occasionally it felt like someone shoe 10,000 volts through it. Ouch.

The procedure was tolerable, I'm not saying I want to do it every day. Such a mishegas for a procedure that takes about 15 minutes. oof.

I can't believe you weren't sedated! I was put in "lala" land, and had NO idea they were doing it. They gave me "Versed" and that stuff is GREAT. You feel nothing, and you see nothing -- and you hear nothing too. When you wake up it's all over, and that's that. :D You have no "drugged up" feeling at all. You wait about 15 minutes and you can go home. No big deal at all.

So I don't understand why they didn't give you anything. :confused: That's cruel and inhuman. Sheeesh

Nah. I get happy juice when I have an angiogram but not for these. We numb the area with Lidocane and he goes to work. Of course there was the "small pinch" which I think they should all have to experience sometime in their training. That and the "mild discomfort" with some other things.

I'm not saying I want to do this every day but they've done nastier things to me.

It's so weird finally feeling no pain. Now I'm just learning just how off balance (no jokes) I am. The muscles in my back now just feel tight and my thighs "heavy" is the only way to describe it.

The nurse asked me about sedation and I said I hadn't thought he ordered it. I said the only reason he would have ordered it it was to shut me up for a while. Truth be told, I could have had it if I wanted it.

I've always had docs who were stingy with the Versed. The only times I have had it was with my second discogram and the trial for the scs. Darn good thing I got it as he was rooting around in there for three hours. Yeh, I had my first discogram w/o Versed. All I had was lidocaine and I called that man every name in the book. This was an anesthesiologist and he knew better. The second time he wanted to do one before a surgery, I told him I wanted max Versed and if he hurt me anything like the first time, he better go into hiding. I'm surprised he kept me as a patient. On the other hand, I don't remember much about the procedure except that I told him I was stoned and he could begin. :D That idiot ended up losing his license.

Well there have been a couple of times I definitely told them where the gold was buried. I have been blessed to have excellent caregivers, the first being my wife who has put up with all this nonsense.