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Any one ever have one of those? I did Thursday for a surgery..........Pretty scary feeling. I had a Hydrocelectomy, had the lump for a couple years. Finally called in after a long waiting list. There were issues with what method to go with because of Sleep Apnea. So decided to go with the Spinal Tap. After the surgery and laying in recovery it's like being paralyzed from the waist down. No feeling at all and absolutely no motor skills. I had visions if a guy would never come out of it. Quite scary.
I had a spinal tap at 18 in the Army to repair a hernia. I didn't feel a thing from my chest down. Good old Fort Leonardwood. That was a long time ago. I was told not to raise my head for 24 hours, but the non-coms had other ideas. the next morning I had to get up and make my bed and walk a loooong way to the mess hall for my meals. Five days of migraine headaches! I hope they improved the procedure since then.
Spinal anesthesia is an extremely common and very safe form of anesthesia for many types of surgery - everything from hernia repairs and orthopedic procedures to C-sections (only for the ladies, of course!). Military CRNAs are some of the best at 'em, too.
Rob (RN, MSN, USA [Ret])
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2012 F350 DRW Lariat 6.7
PullRite OE 18K, Demco Glide Ride pinbox
2020 Solitude 310GK-R, MORryde IS, disc brakes, solar, DP windows
I had a spinal block four years ago when I had a hip replacement. The surgeon said it isn't like the old ones that often had side effects and they don't last as long.
He said they put a painkiller in the spinal fluid that will last 24 hours.
I don't recall being paralyzed when I was in the recovery room or my room after the surgery. I know I rolled over on my side that afternoon so I could use a bedpan.
I was up and walking to the bathroom the next morning and then doing a hall walk later that morning. I left the hospital the second morning after the surgery.
I will have to have a knee replacement before too much longer (same surgeon) and I will have a spinal block again for that operation.
By the way - I recovered from back surgery, the hip replacement and rotator cuff repair surgery while we were full timers and living in the motor home.
I think it was probably easier in the motor home than it would have been in a house because everything was closer.
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Clay (WA5NMR), Lee (wife), Katie, Kelli (cats) Full timed for eleven years in a 2004 Sightseer 35N. Snowbirds for one winter and now settled down in CO.
