Anybody had an epidural operation?

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On Wednesday afternoon I had a full knee replacement and it was the weirdest sensation ever. I'm talking to the anaesthetist about music while the surgeon is drilling, grinding, hammering and burning and you can't feel a thing.
Of course all the team on the other side of the curtain are talking about holidays, going for a meal, quizzes etc :)
About 7pm the epidural started to wear off and all evening and night it was a 10/10 for pain.
Today is a lot better, pain free until I do my exercises.

So anybody else had an epidural?
 
Not had an epidural but I have had nerve block before. Fully awake and chatting while the side of my chest was cut right open and having wires stitched into the muscle.
 
That would be crazy. I was in for a knee op a week ago but was under general anaesthetic, can't imagine being awake for it!
 
Mum had knee replacement surgery at the end of July. When they bashed the new joint into the hollow femur it split. Then an infection got in, requiring a skin graft. So a two day hospital stay turned into seven weeks. Hope yours is a lot less trouble.
 
Had an epidural under a live x-ray, when I had a nerve block put in (tore a disc and slipped another 2 in my lower back).

Laying on my side watching a giant needle go in to my spine via a live x-ray was …weird. I remember thinking “god, the graphics are a bit ****” :D
 
I've had one or something very similar for back pain. Had anesthetic so don't remember much about it. It was quite quick with an ultrasound or live x-ray. Was worried about moving.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
So anybody else had an epidural?
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Sort of the opposite, I declined one and then slightly regretted it.

Was going in for an operation and they said it was my choice, if I had one then I'd wake up with something in my back that they'd later remove, some low risk of causing damage to the nerve etc..etc.. and that it was in addition to the morphine/fentanyl etc..

I was like "ah no worries, if you're giving me those opioids I'm sure I'll be fine without it"

They were cool with that, had just posed it as personal preference etc..

Woke up from the operation "WTF" I'd had operations before and woken up high AF with no pain at all, this time it was different "erm.. more morphine pls!!!!"

Obvs had more opioids and slept quite easily, next day I was fine and had my own morphine pump etc..

Conversely, I had a colonoscopy once where they offered sedation and I turned it down, would have been a faff getting someone to collect me during the pandemic + didn't want to stay overnight - was totally fine, just had the old laughing gas to inhale and could be discharged pretty much right after the procedure.
 
drakulton said:
Mum had knee replacement surgery at the end of July. When they bashed the new joint into the hollow femur it split. Then an infection got in, requiring a skin graft. So a two day hospital stay turned into seven weeks. Hope yours is a lot less trouble.
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Mine is all in place however I was told I was going to be in for 5 days.

My problem is the physio, I'm being a right wimp.
 
thenewoc said:
I've had one or something very similar for back pain. Had anesthetic so don't remember much about it. It was quite quick with an ultrasound or live x-ray. Was worried about moving.
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I take it you opted for the anaesthetic? … the doc said to me “I didn’t give you any anaesthetic” but didn’t give me an option.

She touched a nerve at one stage and it felt like a lightning bolt went through my whole body :eek:
 
I had a lumbar puncture and a cortisone lumbar injection once, 11/10 for pain, no anaesthesia allowed, I'd have taken the whisky and a stick.
 
EVH said:
I take it you opted for the anaesthetic? … the doc said to me “I didn’t give you any anaesthetic” but didn’t give me an option.

She touched a nerve at one stage and it felt like a lightning bolt went through my whole body :eek:
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Oh yes I went for the anaesthetic, partly because I didn't want to flinch and would rather be out of it. Was referred to a private hospital because it had taken so long on the NHS waiting list, over a year. Not helped by the fact my GP seems to think she has x-ray vision and doesn't need things such as MRI scans. Once I was referred beyond basic physio to the musculoskeletal clinic there was no more messing about.
 
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