puparoo

Kissa, you were so right. Docs wouldn't let me drive myself home.

Well, I had the injections around 8am in C3/4 and C4/5 levels at the facet joint, not ESIs. I originally was going to go without any sedation, but chickened out and let them hook me up to an IV. I took a darvocet before I left the house for some relaxation as I thought I would go w/o sedation.

The sedation was versed and they let me control how much I wanted. I said, only a little, but when they drove the needle into my neck, I said MORE, NOW. So I got more - and yes, I wish they would bottle versed, because I would buy it... it's the best.

But, yes, the injections hurt, but were not torturous by any means. They were slightly painful. The local anesthetic hurt the most. The actual facet joint injections were more like 'pressure' and really weren't that bad. I was in and out of there in about 6 minutes. My husband picked me up. Four hours later, no pain yet. We'll see what I'm like over the next 24 hours. But so far so good.

Thanks all.