Especially interested in anyone who wasn't sedated. I've been awake for my endoscopy and colonoscopy with sedation which everyone else doesn't remember. I'm scheduled for one and am told that I will be given some mild sedation. But I'm a bit nervous, especially since I'll probably be awake for it. Wondering how much pain before and after have you experienced? Thanks for any feedback.
If I understood the doctor properly, it is to determine whether my spine is leaking, which changes the pressure in my head and then causes my migraines to get worse with the slightest physical exertion. For example, when I've got a really bad migraine, just getting up out of bed for 15 minutes makes it worse. And the rest of the time, even walking around the house to do watering makes it worse. Thanks again.
Added 15 Nov 2012:
Thinking about it more, the radiology dept said that I would be so sedated that I wouldn't be able to leave the hospital until about 3 hours later after the test. They clearly think that I will be in enough pain that they need to sedate me for the measurements that they are doing. I think my best plan is to write the director and my regular doctor about my concerns about being sedated at the same levels that did manage to sedate me in my successive endoscopies. I can't afford to wake up in the middle of it and jump. I woke up screaming in pain during my colonoscopy after telling the anesthesiologist how much I needed. He decided to undersedate me. I was in pain for months afterwards.
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DzooBaby
15 Nov 2012
I have had a spinal tap with absolutely NO sedation. It is not the worst thing I've been trough but I wouldnt put it on my list of fun things to do either! lol Sorry. It is no worse than getting an epidural if you have ever had one of those. The worst thing for you will be when or if they change pressure, it may feel uncomfortable giving you a headache and possibly some nausea too, then again, you may not feel much more than the stick in your spine which will feel like getting an epidural or a shot. I just had a basic tap to test the CSF-they didnt mess with changing pressure. It wasnt bad.
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sara12345
15 Nov 2012
Thanks for your response. Since the test is to test my pressure, they will probably change the pressure during the test. I'm used to headaches and nausea though--LOL.