Ask who ever does the discogram to give you something to take the edge off the procedure. The goal is to compare the undamaged disc to the damaged disc. You can't be zonked on meds but there is no reason you can't have a little something. It might take a little longer to do the procedure but it is worth it. Fuss about it if you need to. As the saying goes "the squeaking wheel gets the grease".
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Suffered thru every non-surgical cure known without relief.
Pain management '06 to April '10,
Had minimally invasive PLIF with internal fixation on 12/28/09 for isthmic spondylolisthesis of L5-S1 (TDR contra-indicated) DDD at L3-4 & L4-5, All L-Spine doing well. Episodes of no pain at all. After being relatively pain free for 4 months, C-Spine gave up. MRI due 11-1
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