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I recently had a lumbar epidural of L5 vertebrae
Spine Health | Last Active: Apr 17 9:53am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
My 2nd epidural was done by a new pain dr. Who did the injection on both left and right side at L4-5. I had the same thing happen, extreme electric jolt, it felt like he reached down to my toes and pulled my spinal cord out in one jerk! I screamed so loud! There was no sedation. He mumbled something about making sure he hit the right nerve.
My first epidural was done by a specialist in Gainesville (no pain at all!) who told me, if this doesn’t help you, don’t let doctors talk you into doing more, it will be a waste of time. He was right. And I never saw that doctor of torture again, my primary referred me to a new one, and I’ve never had another dr. Cause me pain like that!
I don’t think it caused me permanent damage, but who is to say? Wishing you all the best.
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Thank you for your response. I feel a lot of anxiety about this and it helps to hear other peoples experiences. Yours sounds especially hard because the dr was doing both sides. As I've read more about this I've learned there's more than one kind of lumbar epidural. I looked on my report and besides the fact it said "patient tolerated procedure well" in spite of the fact I yelled out in pain it also said it was a Transforaminal epidural which I never was told about. Lesson learned. Don't sign consent without reading it all and asking a lot of questions. Also another lesson learned is don't go to a pain management dr - they are anesthesiologists who have gotten a little extra training to give these shots. Physical Medicine doctors are much more qualified, know the anatomy of the whole body and have way more schooling and knowledge. Another lesson learned.