Getting my 1st Epidural shot have a question ?

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I am getting my first epidural shot next week, now the doctor ask me if i want to be knocked out are stay awake?

Can someone give me some advice as to which way to go ? Is this that painful ?

Thanks Mike
 
Truthfully, it is not that bad. They nurab you up pretty good and inject. It is a very quick painless procedure if it is done under fluroscopy.
 
Well none of mine were painless and I had many, but after the first one.. the rest were a piece of cake. No sedation for any of mine.

If you are not one that handles pain well, and they offer you sedation.. go for it.

My first one I was not nurabed much before they actually went in with the deep injections and it was very painful. And I was so inflammed the meRAB didnt get in well either, causing less nurabing and again more pain during the procedure. I thought it was supposed to hurt like that and it took me over 20 minutes to get to my car afterworRAB, in which it only took maybe 4 minutes normally. Then the hour ride home was unbearable.

At the second injections I explained what happened about the first round and how much pain I was in, she nurabed me as much as possible and it was a breeze from there on out.

Anytime I went in for one, i would say.. nurab me to the hilt first and they did.

I got to the point of going in on my lunch break from work, getting my injections, and went back to work with my ice pack in tow to finish out my workday.

Hope this helps you some. Good luck. :)
 
I was scared to death when I got my first injection, but it was done in the hospital and I was sedated, not completely out but didn't care what was going on. I've had 3 injections and they are not bad at all, they will nurab you.

I hope all goes well with you and if you don't like pain I would ask your doctor if you can be sedated. Why go through unnecessary pain, you are obliviously already in pain with your back.

Good Luck! Marie
 
I first started getting epidurals in 1992, back when they didn't use a flourascope. I'd have to sit for up to half hour with a huge needle stuck in my back while they literally poked around in me. The injections helped, and I kept having them at least once a year. Things have greatly improved with the scopes! Now some are unpleasant, most others I hardly feel at all.
I just had my first double shot yesterday, in L1 and L-2/3. I definitely felt them, but today I can almost walk normally again, and sit for more than fifteen minutes.
Sometimes they can be painful, sometimes not, but if you get relief from them, I think they're worthwhile. Best of luck, and I hope it helps you! Bill
 
I'm concerned about all this talk about multiple steroid injections. :(

I hope patients are being pro-active in their own care and are paying attention to have many injections they are receiving within a particular time period. Please also research arachnoiditis as some researchers believe there is a link between ESIs and arachnoiditis.
 
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