Anyone had an Epidural?

[Bluejuice]

I thought only women had them, but I've been told I need one.



Do they hurt?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

It is the two-foot needle that may be a little intimidating.

 

[tedebear]

I thought only women had them, but I've been told I need one.



Do they hurt?

It feels like a nasty scratch at first but then you can't feel anything that happens next.

 

[Spunk Bubble]

Rather you than me

 

[vulture]

I thought only women had them, but I've been told I need one.



Do they hurt?

You must pray for a steady hand when they put the neddle in

 

[greenmop]

I'm guessing it'll hurt a lot less than whatever they're gonna do to you..

 

[Gluteus Maximus]

Great things... Had one with my cruciate ligament op. Combined with a happy pill I could feel the vibrations and sensation of the surgeon hammering the nail into my knee all through by body while looking at it. I even thought it was fascinating watching him pull the length of muscle outside of my knee that was going to be the new ligament. I then told all the staff to kiss each other and that I loved them.
Thoroughly recommended, though perhaps more the happy pill than the great f*** off epidural needle.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I'm guessing it'll hurt a lot less than whatever they're gonna do to you..

Indeed. Whole point of an epidural really.

 

[Bakesy]

Hurts like f***....





Only kidding, the first injection hurts like f***, the Epidural is a piece of piss.

 

[Lady Bracknell]

It can hurt a bit while they are setting it up but nothing agonising. Also, you are pain free for quite a while after the operation as well as not having to deal with the after effects of a general anaesthetic.

Sadly, since my "neural pathways" were deemed to be "f***ed", I wasn't able to watch my ankle being rebuilt because the wrong leg went numb!

 

[Bluejuice]

So these doctors aren't taking the piss out of me like? Epidurals can be for boys too, right?

Wanna hear more about this happy pill

 

[Lady Bracknell]

Epidurals can definitely be for boys! And so are the happy pills. Just make sure you look suitably scared and they are bound to offer you something to take your mind off the epidural. With any luck it'll take your mind off pretty much everything else too...

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Happy pills are great!!!!

 

[Mrs Coach]

They lay you on your side and it feels like someone has 'tapped' you on the back with a bit of a scratch. Then you go numb from the waist down. It's nothing to worry about. Just dont look at the equipment, it looks scarier than it is!

 

[5 past Kuipers]

So these doctors aren't taking the piss out of me like? Epidurals can be for boys too, right?

I think it's more likely that you are winding us up.

It's simply an anaesthetic administered to the back.

 

[Marshy]

My wife had them for both of our boys and said it was fine, just a scratch she said !
She is pretty used to needles and injections and stuff though unfortunately.

 

[Man of Harveys]

I then told all the staff to kiss each other

Trying to get a load of Danish nurses to kiss each other? You're a BEAST.

 

[The Wookiee]

Epidural analgesia carries the potential for many complications. Some of these are relatively common but not serious. Others are extremely rare and serious. Permanent paralysis, cardiac arrest and death are serious complications.

Muscle weakness associated with epidurals has the potential to cause the bladder to become overfull. This may lead to problems in the future with passing urine. This is compounded by loss of sensation of the discomfort caused by bladder distension.

Permanent paralysis resulting from epidural analgesia is uncommon. A recent review of 500,000 cases performed in the United Kingdom did not reveal a single case. One case has been reported in Australia. In this case, the patient had a rare malformation of blood vessels around the spinal cord. This was unknown to the patient and resulted in a blood clot which caused compression injury to the spinal cord.

Anaesthetists consider this to be an extremely serious potential, but very rare, complication of epidural analgesia. Experience from the general surgical population reveals that this risk is increased in patients on anticoagulants or who suffer from disorders of blood clotting. This may occur in association with severe hypertension .
Permanent injury to the spinal cord could also occur as a result of infection. For this reason, a sterile technique similar to surgical operations is enforced

 

[Robot Chicken]

I think I had one when I had a lumbar puncture. Except the anaesthetic didn't work.

Several people had to hold me down as I was in screaming agony.

 

[Brovion]

I think I had one when I had a lumbar puncture. Except the anaesthetic didn't work.

Several people had to hold me down as I was in screaming agony.

I think it might have been the lumbar puncture itself that made you scream in agony. According to Mrs Brovian (who is a Nurse) they are very VERY painful. But it hurts the patient not the medical team so that's alright.