update on today's procedure (lumbar epidural steroid injection)

so i had my lumbar epidural steroid injection today. My arrival time was 7:30 AM so i get there at 7:25, i get registered at 7:35ish and told the lady how nauseuous i was. I think i scared the registration lady, cause shes like if at any time you need to go throw up, please go to the bathroom over there, or even the floor, but not on my desk. I told her i'd be fine, but i tried to hint so she would get me back to preop sooner. Then i waited and waited. People that registered after me were being called back before me. Sigh. Plus there was this old guy whose wife was having some kind of procedure and he was waiting for her to be done, and he apparently had had an epidural before and started talking to these women about how he got chemical meningitis from it and how awful it was. This was great for my anxiety, not.

Then i finally got called to preop at about 8:15, 8:20ish. They put in my IV. The nurse kept saying did i hurt you (before she had it taped up), and im like not really cause it didn't hurt that bad, and then i add its in though right, cause ive heard i hope i didn't hurt you when they have to remove it and restick me  many a times, but she said its in, she was just concerned, because where she placed the IV was a bit far from the numbing injection she had given me. 

Then my anesthesologist comes in who was my old pain doc, and since ive had so many of similar procedures before, and he knew me, the consult was 30 seconds and most of that was getting my signature for the anesthesia permission. 

Then my doctor came in. He asked my mom and me if we did anything fun for St. Patricks day, and after silence he was like i guess you stayed local? and i was like I had a lazy day which was a glorified explanation of what i did, cause i was so lazy. and did nothing. We agreed we might do more ketamine when summer comes. 

Then i was taken back. I woke up very tired. Then i felt pain in my left knee that kept spreading up and down my left knee. They gave me some ginger ale, apple sauce, and a perocet. I left in lots of pain.

I came home and slept. The perocet eventually kicked in. Im a bit sore now in my back, but overall not too bad. Sorry this was so long. thanks for reading!