i had a test done called a discogram

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i had a test done called a discogram after having this test i have been in severe pain
 
Hi, I am sorry you are having alot of pain. Unfortunately, this is a common side effect from the procedure. Have you informed your doctor? Be sure to let him/her know so that they can provide you with some medication/medication alternatives to help relieve the additional pain.
 
I also had a discogram and suffered severe pain afterwarRAB. It caused a major flare up. It took about 6 weeks for my pain to subside.
 
I had one done right before my surgery in 2006. I was in with my psychologist when she told me that I had suffered post traumatic stress from that procedure. I had such a hard time with it, screaming and pain and crying... the nurses were crying with me. I don't think (in my OWN opinion, nobody elses) that this procedure is worthwhile... I felt it was just torture and was unable to lie on my side with my back to the bedroom door for weeks because I was traumatized!
 
This test is one of the most important tests they perform before surgery. I had one too and it was the most pain I think I have ever felt in my life. I had a male nurse sitting at my head holding both my hanRAB while I cried and screamed.No anesthesia, no twilite, and they had asked me not to take any pain killers that morning before I went. They missed on one shot and it completley nurabed my leg down to the toes-it was literally dead weight. Two male nurses had to get me off the table and into a wheel chair-then onto the CT scan table. I never recovered from the impact of that test till surgery.

BUT>>>>>

It tells the doctor EXACTLY where he neeRAB to be inside yout back without tearing you completely open. It makes the surgery itself less invasive because the trouble has been pin-pointed. I would have called around to see if anyone else did it with sedation if I had known, but they really need to know where the pain is the greatest so they have to recreate it.

I am so sorry you had to go through this.
Blessings,
Momz :angel:
 
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