Yes, it IS definitely not worse than the pain you've already felt, that is true. But I guess MY situation, with 2 torn and leaking discs, and laying on that table in such a vulnerable position is what made it so bad for me. I did NOT have a kind gentle doctor at all---he's scared me and hurt me doing numerous epidural steroid injections, then facet joint injections. So the discogram was bad for me. It hurt terribly.

Everyone is different.

My NEW Neuro says the discogram is barbaric, it is unnecessary. All it does is confirm what the MRI already shows--that you have annular tears and perhaps leakage also.

Turns out my first dr. only want to do tests and injections to make money. I'd been seeing him for 8 years and he still didn't know me by nam! He turned out to be nothing more than a pill mill. I'm glad I have a new dr now, who has suggested a rhizotomy for me. My mom just had one and it helped her tremendously!