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Driving after Spinal Injection?
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?
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They tell me that I can’t drive if I’ve had anesthesia. If they don’t make you sleepy you should be fine.
Good luck!
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1 Reaction@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 🙂
When I had them at the hospital pain clinic I needed a driver. When at the clinic setting then no driver needed.