@gravity3 There could have been a numbing agent as part of the steroid injection. There was not a separate one. I think my reaction to the injection was sudden inflammation and it was being placed into an area in my spine already with inflammation and the fluid doesn’t have a lot of place to go. It was instantly painful and excruciating and I was convulsing shaking uncontrollably and trying not to pass out. He then injected a dye so he could see on the imaging where the injection went so that added more substance. I did some mental gymnastics and deep breathing to calm myself down and regain control, they gave me the steroid dose pack and some Tylenol, but nothing touched that pain. All I could do was go home and get in bed with ice and try not to move. Any movement of my head or arm and hand that was involved just escalated it into more electrical shocks and burning pain. It took 6 weeks to subside and gradually lessened day by day. I had hot and cold sensitivity in my hand for 2 years.