Just to give you a little insight on me. I've always been scared of needles for some reason or another. Took a shot of cortizone in my right shoulder about 12 years ago. No problem at all. Doc mixed in some Novocain to help deaden the effect of the needle. Worked perfectly. Case closed.
Yesterday, I go to an orthopedic that is a hand specialist. Figured hands are hurting, see a hand specialist. Good thinking on Nic's part. For now.
Doc takes xrays of my neck.
The hands are my problem. I ain't having nothing going on with my neck.
Doc: Well I'm sure it is not your neck.
Nic: Could have told you that.
Doc: You have a case of Carpol-Tunnel-Syndrome. He's not sure how severe without a battery of electrical tests to confirm. So he says he will give me a shot in both hands.
Nic: Where??
Doc; In your wrist.
Nic: Where at in the wrist.
Doc: Underneath. In there where there's all the soft tissue and bone.
Nic: This is not what I expected.
Doc: Doc says there's only two options. Cortizone shots, or surgery.
Nic: How long does the surgery take?
Doc: Just about 5 minutes on an outpatient basis. But we have to try the cortizone first. High possibility of the shot fixing the whole problem.
Nic: Just what are we going to do to deaden the area first.
Doc: I have a deadening agent in the mix to help the pain. Plus I can spray it with a freeze spray.
Nic: Yeah. Heat me with the freeze spray. I can handle that.
Doc: OK, and you can have a lollipop if you do well. Grrrrrr.....
Needles come in on tray. Look very normal. Not huge but the syringe part is plum full. Now I'm thinking to myself that this won't be bad. The one I got in the shoulder had a 6" needle on the end. This one looks to be about two inches. Bring it on Doc.
Well he pulls his stool up in front of me and says did you drive. I say yes, why. He looks over at my wife sitting in the corner and asks can she drive. Same answer, yes. Now I'm getting a bad feeling. He says she will have to drive home because my wrists will both be dead. Now I'm second guessing these shots. You know what I mean, starting to chicken out.
So Doc sits down and takes hold of my wrist. Says this won't hurt but a little.
He proceeded to put that needle all the way down into my hand. This dam thing feels like he's pushing a red hot poker into my hide. I'm fighting to stay calm. Now here I am, with a needle the size of a Turkey Baster shoved into my wrist. Feels like there's peanut butter being pushed into my wrist. The doc says to be still and don't move. No problem. I'm gritting my teeth, clinching my other fist, and doing all I can do to keep from jumping off the table. You couldn't have driven a ten penny nail up my azz with a 12 lb sledgehammer.
My wife is watching me across the room and wondering if I'm going to be able to stick with it. He finally pulls this thing out of my wrist. The pain coming out was worst than it was going in. It felt like he was pulling a first grade pencil out of my hand, and it's got barbs all over it. If my hand had guts, he got them out yesterday. He gets it out, throws a band-aid on it, and ask am I ready for number two. I almost choked with the answer.
He pulls the right hand out and starts prepping it. I say, you sure you don't want to wait to see if this one is going to work. He says no, you won't get the full feeling of the meds until around Friday.
Now I dont' know how many of you have ever had a shot of cortizone, but this stuff could be used as a military torture serum. If they shoved a bigger needle than that one in my wrist, I would have given up all the names, birthdays, and home addressess of all my family. They should have used this stuff on Bin-Laden wife to find out where he was. I bet she would have given him up right quick. This was by far the most painful shot I've ever experienced.
So if someone tells you that you need a Cortizone shot, believe me, leave, run, haul azz, do anything with
Yesterday, I go to an orthopedic that is a hand specialist. Figured hands are hurting, see a hand specialist. Good thinking on Nic's part. For now.
Doc takes xrays of my neck.
The hands are my problem. I ain't having nothing going on with my neck.
Doc: Well I'm sure it is not your neck.
Nic: Could have told you that.
Doc: You have a case of Carpol-Tunnel-Syndrome. He's not sure how severe without a battery of electrical tests to confirm. So he says he will give me a shot in both hands.
Nic: Where??
Doc; In your wrist.
Nic: Where at in the wrist.
Doc: Underneath. In there where there's all the soft tissue and bone.
Nic: This is not what I expected.
Doc: Doc says there's only two options. Cortizone shots, or surgery.
Nic: How long does the surgery take?
Doc: Just about 5 minutes on an outpatient basis. But we have to try the cortizone first. High possibility of the shot fixing the whole problem.
Nic: Just what are we going to do to deaden the area first.
Doc: I have a deadening agent in the mix to help the pain. Plus I can spray it with a freeze spray.
Nic: Yeah. Heat me with the freeze spray. I can handle that.
Doc: OK, and you can have a lollipop if you do well. Grrrrrr.....
Needles come in on tray. Look very normal. Not huge but the syringe part is plum full. Now I'm thinking to myself that this won't be bad. The one I got in the shoulder had a 6" needle on the end. This one looks to be about two inches. Bring it on Doc.
Well he pulls his stool up in front of me and says did you drive. I say yes, why. He looks over at my wife sitting in the corner and asks can she drive. Same answer, yes. Now I'm getting a bad feeling. He says she will have to drive home because my wrists will both be dead. Now I'm second guessing these shots. You know what I mean, starting to chicken out.
So Doc sits down and takes hold of my wrist. Says this won't hurt but a little.
He proceeded to put that needle all the way down into my hand. This dam thing feels like he's pushing a red hot poker into my hide. I'm fighting to stay calm. Now here I am, with a needle the size of a Turkey Baster shoved into my wrist. Feels like there's peanut butter being pushed into my wrist. The doc says to be still and don't move. No problem. I'm gritting my teeth, clinching my other fist, and doing all I can do to keep from jumping off the table. You couldn't have driven a ten penny nail up my azz with a 12 lb sledgehammer.
My wife is watching me across the room and wondering if I'm going to be able to stick with it. He finally pulls this thing out of my wrist. The pain coming out was worst than it was going in. It felt like he was pulling a first grade pencil out of my hand, and it's got barbs all over it. If my hand had guts, he got them out yesterday. He gets it out, throws a band-aid on it, and ask am I ready for number two. I almost choked with the answer.
He pulls the right hand out and starts prepping it. I say, you sure you don't want to wait to see if this one is going to work. He says no, you won't get the full feeling of the meds until around Friday.
Now I dont' know how many of you have ever had a shot of cortizone, but this stuff could be used as a military torture serum. If they shoved a bigger needle than that one in my wrist, I would have given up all the names, birthdays, and home addressess of all my family. They should have used this stuff on Bin-Laden wife to find out where he was. I bet she would have given him up right quick. This was by far the most painful shot I've ever experienced.
So if someone tells you that you need a Cortizone shot, believe me, leave, run, haul azz, do anything with