Hi I had a epidural about 3 weeks ago. My pain Dr. Is a anistiesologist. He<br>does the procedure in the hospital. I've done this several times with two<br>different Drs because I moved. He numbs the area in my case its cervical<br>mostly. So when he does it I usually don't feel anything. One time out of<br>all the many times, I have done this since 2011, it hurt but not bad, not<br>compared the pain I've been through. Every Dr is different. Mine is young<br>but not too young. He's personable and easy to talk to. I like and trust<br>him. So good luck I hope it works for you. Its not the only thing I do. I'm<br>on fentynle patches Tylenol 4 and a migraine medicine a few others. All<br>together I'm not in horrible pain all the time. I'm good right now.<br>

@suebreen54

I've had two Dr's also because I moved too. Both of mine have done them under guided fluoroscopy (moving live time X-Ray) and my sites have been numbed. One time my pain was so great he used a twilight sleep to do it like he uses for more critical injection sites on me. Mine are done in a surgery center or out patient type hospital setting.
I know there are some guidelines in some states about who can do them and what type of setting. I was wondering how people have responded to treatment where it is not done with any numbing. I've heard horror stories when I first went in of people having a doctor that basically just stuck it in and hoped for the best. I also have read of medical case studies being conducted now in certain areas (but not mine) to see which is the most beneficial way to do them. I read that they are going to create a new set of guidelines as to how they should be done for the patients best benefit. I think this is great for us as chronic pain patients. I'm glad to see at least somethings are progressing towards being uniform everywhere.
Thank you for posting.
Bekie

All my epidural have been done without numbing me. Yes they are very<br>painful but my pain is way beyond the pain I feel from them.<br>