<!--quoteo(post=357191:date=Apr 2 2009, 04&#58;23 PM:name=zebra)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (zebra &#064; Apr 2 2009, 04&#58;23 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=357191">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Just back from the anesthesiologist.  He is going to do the epidural spinal procedure on me next Wednesday.  He puts me under some light anesthetic/sedation and says it takes 5 minutes.  This is a shot into the space around the spinal cord where the nerve comes out and should help with the pain in my butt and down the leg.  This all happens with machinery and a contrast dye to assist him to put the shot in exactly the right place.... sounds a little scary to me&#33;  While I am under he will also give me another kind of steroid shots to the base of the spine for the pain in my back.  Now to try and find someone to work for me next Wednesday... that should be fun&#33;&#33;   He wants me to come home and rest after the procedure.<br /><br />Debbie, I also get cramps in the foot that I had the fasciotomy.... not very often but a few times a month and always only in bed - it&#39;s most annoying.<br /><br />Martha, that great news that he is stabilizing.  Hopefully he is now on the mend.<br /><br />Wow, would you know I have less than 2 weeks left of tax season&#33;<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />Jackie- My mother gets the same type of injections and she is in her 80&#39;s..<br />Hope it helps&#33;&#33;