Getting my 3rd Lumbar injection Friday. The 1st 2 were under anesthesia. THis one will be Caudal, and they will be doing with me awake, and I am not looking forward to that first stick! 🙂 BUT - the office tells me I do not need a driver. Everything I read says that after a spinal injection you shouldn't drive for 24 hours. It's about a 40 minute drive, and will be at rush hour. Anyone had the injection and drove themselves home?
@srquser What comes to my mind with your questions about driving immediately after spinal injection is what does your car insurance company think about this? If an accident were to happen, that may be brought up against you by another party. There can be issues with spinal injections if something goes wrong or you have a bad reaction to it. I did have a bad reaction to a cervical spine injection, and it caused extreme painful shooting electric burning pain that was unpredictable that kept hitting me every several minutes. I do not think driving would be safe for me with that kind of distraction, and there was no anesthesia involved. I had those electric pains zapping me for about 6 weeks and I believe it was a reaction such as an allergy or inflammation caused by an ingredient in the steroid injection. I suspect it was PEG (polyethylene glycol).
Getting my 3rd Lumbar injection Friday. The 1st 2 were under anesthesia. THis one will be Caudal, and they will be doing with me awake, and I am not looking forward to that first stick! 🙂 BUT - the office tells me I do not need a driver. Everything I read says that after a spinal injection you shouldn't drive for 24 hours. It's about a 40 minute drive, and will be at rush hour. Anyone had the injection and drove themselves home?
I prefer the spinal injections ESI without General anesthesia. I always drove myself. Sometimes they numb the skin first then a numbing shot which does hurt for maybe 30 seconds and after that the cortisone shot.
@fiddleflyer I was thinking that's why the sites I've looked at ALL all say you can't drive - anesthesia. But then I realize that most of those also talk about giving a shot of anesthesia to numb the area - so it seems they are talking about no general anesthesia so that can't be the reason. Hopefully I can at least throw the ball for the dog afterwards 🙂
@srquser I am a frequent flyer for spinal injections , and it is only recently I am allowed to drive home. Prior I had to have a driver. I think liability if a person has an accident would come into play possibly, but I don’t know. It’s 2025, and people sue just because they can not because they should or shouldn’t! I try to err on the side of caution. If I can get a family member to take me, I prefer that option. Irene5
@srquser I am a frequent flyer for spinal injections , and it is only recently I am allowed to drive home. Prior I had to have a driver. I think liability if a person has an accident would come into play possibly, but I don’t know. It’s 2025, and people sue just because they can not because they should or shouldn’t! I try to err on the side of caution. If I can get a family member to take me, I prefer that option. Irene5
One should always use their own judgement. If you can get a driver OR a cab then do that. I expect the hospital/clinic might also have some liability which is why they require you to have a driver.
Getting my 3rd Lumbar injection Friday. The 1st 2 were under anesthesia. THis one will be Caudal, and they will be doing with me awake, and I am not looking forward to that first stick! 🙂 BUT - the office tells me I do not need a driver. Everything I read says that after a spinal injection you shouldn't drive for 24 hours. It's about a 40 minute drive, and will be at rush hour. Anyone had the injection and drove themselves home?
I had the first injection with no problem. Drove myself there and back. Appeared for the second injection and was told I needed a driver. So I went home and never went back. Instructions like that means they don't know what the heck they are doing.
Getting my 3rd Lumbar injection Friday. The 1st 2 were under anesthesia. THis one will be Caudal, and they will be doing with me awake, and I am not looking forward to that first stick! 🙂 BUT - the office tells me I do not need a driver. Everything I read says that after a spinal injection you shouldn't drive for 24 hours. It's about a 40 minute drive, and will be at rush hour. Anyone had the injection and drove themselves home?
I used to be told I needed a driver. They would say your legs can be affected. I used to be told not to eat for four hours ahead of time. I used to be wheeled out in a wheelchair. Really. They used to send me to PT, then not. They used to tell me to lay low for a few days, then not.
I choose to put my workouts on hold for a day or so anyhow.
In the last five years, driver not needed, eat away!
All those years of being told i need one and now I don’t - what changed? My thinking is as long as someone is available to drive me, why not have one - plus I bring a tiny cooler with an ice pack in it, and put it on the injection site while being driven home.
Getting my 3rd Lumbar injection Friday. The 1st 2 were under anesthesia. THis one will be Caudal, and they will be doing with me awake, and I am not looking forward to that first stick! 🙂 BUT - the office tells me I do not need a driver. Everything I read says that after a spinal injection you shouldn't drive for 24 hours. It's about a 40 minute drive, and will be at rush hour. Anyone had the injection and drove themselves home?
For 5 years of shots I always had anesthesia. I was told I had to have someone drive me home. And not UBER. After the shot I was woozy luckily either my wife or son would drop me off and pick me up.
Getting my 3rd Lumbar injection Friday. The 1st 2 were under anesthesia. THis one will be Caudal, and they will be doing with me awake, and I am not looking forward to that first stick! 🙂 BUT - the office tells me I do not need a driver. Everything I read says that after a spinal injection you shouldn't drive for 24 hours. It's about a 40 minute drive, and will be at rush hour. Anyone had the injection and drove themselves home?
After several spinal,and multiple hip/knee injections, always told not to drive
home, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS LOCAL ANETHESTHA,so figured after first time
I realized I didn’t need driver ! NOT A DOCTOR Try as you wish
For 5 years of shots I always had anesthesia. I was told I had to have someone drive me home. And not UBER. After the shot I was woozy luckily either my wife or son would drop me off and pick me up.
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@srquser What comes to my mind with your questions about driving immediately after spinal injection is what does your car insurance company think about this? If an accident were to happen, that may be brought up against you by another party. There can be issues with spinal injections if something goes wrong or you have a bad reaction to it. I did have a bad reaction to a cervical spine injection, and it caused extreme painful shooting electric burning pain that was unpredictable that kept hitting me every several minutes. I do not think driving would be safe for me with that kind of distraction, and there was no anesthesia involved. I had those electric pains zapping me for about 6 weeks and I believe it was a reaction such as an allergy or inflammation caused by an ingredient in the steroid injection. I suspect it was PEG (polyethylene glycol).
I prefer the spinal injections ESI without General anesthesia. I always drove myself. Sometimes they numb the skin first then a numbing shot which does hurt for maybe 30 seconds and after that the cortisone shot.
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One should always use their own judgement. If you can get a driver OR a cab then do that. I expect the hospital/clinic might also have some liability which is why they require you to have a driver.
I had the first injection with no problem. Drove myself there and back. Appeared for the second injection and was told I needed a driver. So I went home and never went back. Instructions like that means they don't know what the heck they are doing.
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1 ReactionI used to be told I needed a driver. They would say your legs can be affected. I used to be told not to eat for four hours ahead of time. I used to be wheeled out in a wheelchair. Really. They used to send me to PT, then not. They used to tell me to lay low for a few days, then not.
I choose to put my workouts on hold for a day or so anyhow.
In the last five years, driver not needed, eat away!
All those years of being told i need one and now I don’t - what changed? My thinking is as long as someone is available to drive me, why not have one - plus I bring a tiny cooler with an ice pack in it, and put it on the injection site while being driven home.
For 5 years of shots I always had anesthesia. I was told I had to have someone drive me home. And not UBER. After the shot I was woozy luckily either my wife or son would drop me off and pick me up.
After several spinal,and multiple hip/knee injections, always told not to drive
home, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS LOCAL ANETHESTHA,so figured after first time
I realized I didn’t need driver ! NOT A DOCTOR Try as you wish
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IIRC it couldn't be a cab driver.