Friday, March 10, 2006
I hate needles!
Whoohoo! The doc has three options before sending me to the neurosurgeon and let him give me his options. So lots of options before ppl even think of sending me under the knife! So it looks like I am going to get an epidural- a big old shot in my lower back. Can you say ouch? Seriously, I can't stand needles, I even hate IV's (and I've had more than my share of those thank you very much). "It'll just feel like a bee sting" they say soothingly. Bee stings hurt!!! So what the doc wants to do is have someone who does these things all the time and shoot steriods into my back, just below my spinal cord. The cord isn't there but the nerves are. There is small chance (very small) that something could go wrong. Unfortunately for yours truely, I happen to slip into those small percentages almost every time. Ex- this only happens with 10 % of patients...I was one of that percentage. Even my doc has noticed I do this a lot. Not my fault, by any means, I am just odd like that. No comments from the peanut gallery please. Wish me luck, I probally have to call the doc on Monday and get the injection set up. Oh joy!
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3 comments:
I hate needles too :(
Did you regular doctor decide you should have this done or did you go to a specialist?
I'm guessing this is a cortisone shot? I'd be pretty wary of that since I've seen enough pro players get their joints turned to goo from too many of them (*cough* Kurt Warner *cough*). Not sure if one would do much damage, but I agree with my bride-to-be, I'd feel better with this coming from a specialist than my PCP.
Hope they find out that what you really need is to go to Florida and watch the rest of spring training while drinking mai tais.
I wish that was the case! I would heal even faster if they sent me to San Juan, Puerto Rico to watch the World Baseball Classic!
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