jibber Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Everyone wish me luck in a successful procedure! Hopefully this fixes everything.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H&R Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hope all goes well and that you aren't afraid of needles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mali Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibber Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 So very uncomfortable. A needle about 9 inches long stuck into the base of your spine, probably right above your tail bone. Nothing to numb but lidocane which they rub around the area. The pressure was bearable, but I'll NEVER want that done again. And my god does my back hurt, and my headaches hurt like the 9th circle of hell. I hear that's a good thing -- all I need is a bloodpatch. And I hope it doesn't require another 9inch needle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croyvern Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Ow. Just Ow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibber Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 So you guys know just how big the needle is (I may have over exaggerated a little, but it's still huge), here's a picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croyvern Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 They took blood to test when I got married. As a joke my wife and mother came out and told me the doctor dropped my vial, and I needed to do it again. I told them if they were serious I would never get married. That needle was maybe an inch. Just not enough orderlies to hold me down for them to sedate me. And yes, I have tested this. Piss off if you think your stabbing me with anything, period. I will kill you first, and am VERY vocal about it. Jibb, hope it does what they claim, with my step dad it became Cortizone(sp?) shots through that needle bianually, which ultimately became a chronic loratab habbit. I'll be praying for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibber Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 I've been having blood taken a lot lately. Even just before the puncture. I've got two arms bruised to hell to prove it, too. I'm not afraid of needles, so to say -- but I'll be DAMNED if I watch it go into me or I see the needle BEFORE the procedure is done. I didn't know how long it was until after they stuck me and did all the drip crap of my spinal fluid.. I asked them not to show me until after. And when they showed me I nearly fainted. I imagine it would be worse if I saw it before the procedure. On top of that, they wouldn't let my wife in the room with me. I was so nervous it wasn't funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 On top of that, they wouldn't let my wife in the room with me. I was so nervous it wasn't funny. Those bastards! I remember that needle. They used it for the bone marrow biopsy on my wife. Except they let me stay in the room. First doctor couldn't get this cork screw looking thing to puncture the bone so they sent for a second doctor and I heard it go through the bone. She never made a sound. I would have screamed like a little girl. Ow is right. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibber Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Crunch.. crackle... with a cork screw looking gadget? Oh.. god. No way, dude. I'd have to be put out for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croyvern Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Corkscrew? Yeah, something like this... In Local news, a dispondant man was shot by police after throwing several doctors from the roof of the local Hospitol. Unavailable for comment, the man's wife wa quoted "How the Hell should I know, they took him back there, and then I heard him get pissed! Next thing you know, two orderlies are standing on the ledge banging and begging to get in the window." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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